Global Information2000 Mules information
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| Starring | Dinesh D'Souza |
| Narrated by | Dinesh D'Souza |
| Edited by | Dinesh D'Souza |
| Music by | Bryan E. Miller |
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| Distributed by | D'Souza Media |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.5 million[3] |
2000 Mules is a 2022 American conspiracist[4][5][6][7] political film from right-wing political commentator Dinesh D'Souza. The film falsely[8][9][10] claims unnamed nonprofit organizations supposedly associated with the Democratic Party paid "mules" to illegally collect and deposit ballots into drop boxes in the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin during the 2020 presidential election. D'Souza has a history of creating and spreading false conspiracy theories.[11]
The Associated Press (AP) reported that the film relies on "faulty assumptions, anonymous accounts and improper analysis of cellphone location data" provided by conservative[12] non-profit True the Vote.[8] FactCheck.org found the film's "supposed evidence is speculative."[13] National Public Radio (NPR) reported True the Vote "made multiple misleading or false claims about its [own] work".[14] AP reported that the assertion that True the Vote identified 1,155 paid mules in Philadelphia alone was false. The film presented a single unverified anonymous witness who said she saw people picking up what she "assumed" were payments for ballot collection in Arizona; no evidence of such payments was presented in any of the other four states.[8] The film characterizes the alleged operation as "ballot trafficking" with "stash houses", but presents no evidence that ballots were illegally collected to be deposited in drop boxes.[8][15][16][17]
A companion book was set to be released in early September 2022 but was abruptly recalled amidst legal threats and edited for release late in October.[5] In 2024, Salem Media Group partially settled a lawsuit by a Georgia man who had been falsely accused of depositing fraudulent ballots in a ballot box. As part of the settlement, Salem disavowed the film and the book, pulled them from distribution and apologized.[18]
- ^ Palmer, Ewan (May 5, 2022). "Donald Trump holds screening of "2,000 Mules" documentary at Mar-a-Lago". Newsweek. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ "Domestic 2022 Weekend 20". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- ^ "2000 Mules (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ Downen, Robert (October 7, 2022). "How the debunked conspiracy film '2000 Mules' became Texas Republican orthodoxy". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
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- Whitfield, Stephen J. (October 2018). "The Persistence of the Protocols". Society. 55 (5): 417–421. doi:10.1007/s12115-018-0282-6. ISSN 0147-2011. S2CID 150256723.
Most recently the conspiracy theorist Dinesh D'Souza accused Soros of supporting antifa, that is, of backing 'domestic terrorism.'
- Langer, Armin (April 2, 2021). "The eternal George Soros". In Önnerfors, Andreas; Krouwel, André (eds.). Europe: Continent of Conspiracies (1 ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. pp. 163–184. doi:10.4324/9781003048640-9. ISBN 978-1-003-04864-0. S2CID 233615606.
The US conspiracy theorist and pro-Trump commentator Dinesh D'Souza...
- "Trump pardons right-wing conspiracy theorist Dinesh D'Souza — World News with Matt Bevan". Radio National. June 1, 2018.
- Savan, Leslie (July 8, 2014). "ABC News Helps Dinesh D'Souza Hype His Latest Conspiracy Theory". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- Jones, Sarah (May 31, 2018). "Grifters All the Way Down". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- Rodgers, Jennifer (March 19, 2019). "Trump is turning his pardon power into a shield". CNN. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- Whitfield, Stephen J. (October 2018). "The Persistence of the Protocols". Society. 55 (5): 417–421. doi:10.1007/s12115-018-0282-6. ISSN 0147-2011. S2CID 150256723.
- ^ Eilperin, Juliet (May 21, 2013). "Conservative group True the Vote sues IRS over being subject to heightened scrutiny". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ Farley, Robert (June 10, 2022). "Evidence Gaps in '2000 Mules'". FactCheck.org.
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Bump_5/11/2022was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Fact Check-Does '2000 Mules' provide evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election?". Reuters. May 27, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- ^ Darcy, Oliver (May 31, 2024). "Right-wing media company Salem apologizes, stops distributing 2020 election conspiracy film '2000 Mules' after lawsuit". CNN. Retrieved May 31, 2024.