A new movie promoting conspiracy theories about the previous American elections achieved a surprising success in the United States, and it adopts the theories of former President Donald Trump and his supporters about his failure in the elections.
The movie “2000 Mules” has grossed more than $1.2 million at the box office since its release in late May, and is directed by Dinesh D’Souza, who was previously convicted of violating campaign finance laws before Trump pardoned him. .
The film promises to “expose a large-scale and coordinated voter fraud in the 2020 elections, sufficient to alter the overall outcome.”
The film begins with scenes showing unknown voters enthusiastically dropping ballot papers into boxes embroidered with the American flag, while D’Souza tells viewers that “elections are the lifeblood of our democracy.”
But, as the background darkens, he adds, the 2020 election “rebukes the American conscience.”
Like millions of Americans, including Trump, D’Souza expresses the view that Democrats rigged the last presidential election, relying on the widespread use of postal ballots during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The director’s voice is heard saying, “We can’t move forward unless we know the truth.”
In an effort to prove his theory, which has been rejected by all US authorities concerned, D’Souza is shown in the film leaning on a kitchen table as he contacts a Texas-based group called True The Vote that says it “supports the integrity of the elections.” The meeting is arranged.
In a vast space littered with computer servers, two members of the group say they have evidence of a well-planned operation “like a cartel” employing “smugglers” to stuff ballot boxes in a number of states that were critical to incumbent Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. .
To confirm their hypothesis, they rely on a large amount of anonymous location data from smartphone applications, which they say show the movement of these “smugglers” back and forth between the headquarters of various NGOs and the ballot boxes.
“It’s robbery” and “a crime,” says D’Souza angrily.
A number of disinformation experts have seriously questioned the theories promoted in the film, saying that a neighborhood delivery operator, taxi driver or postman could be mistaken for people making such nefarious trips. According to Agence France-Presse.
Yet for Trump and his supporters, it was the clear evidence of the fraud they have been denouncing for a year and a half.
As the US national anthem begins, D’Souza makes a plea for action: “The America we love needs us now more than ever.”