Americans Make Movie On Donald Trump's Election Fraud A Surprise Hit

Following the 2020 Presidential election, Donald Trump has been claiming that he was robbed of a second term as the U.S. President. And now a movie that pushes widely debunked conspiracy theories to support the claim has become a surprise hit in the U.S.

Since its release in late May, "2000 Mules," a film by Dinesh D'Souza, who was convicted of violating campaign finance laws before being pardoned by Trump, has collected more than $1.2 million at the U.S. box office, reported NDTV.

A group of elder moviegoers crowd was recently seen going for a matinee screening in a cinema in a commercial district in Virginia. The senior citizens settled down in front of the documentary that promises to "expose widespread, coordinated voter fraud in the 2020 election, sufficient to change the overall outcome."

It opens with a video of anonymous voters enthusiastically slipping their ballots into boxes stamped with the American flag. D'Souza then tells the audience that "elections are the lifeblood of our democracy." As the background darkens, he says that the 2020 election "haunts the American mind." Like several Americans, including Trump, the filmmaker voices the debunked belief that the Democrats rigged the result of the last presidential election. The director says in his voiceover that Americans can't move on "unless we know the truth."

To prove his theory, D'Souza shows himself, leaning on a kitchen counter and calling a Texas-based group known as True the Vote. It claims to "support election integrity." Following the phone call, a meeting is arranged. Two members of the group claim to have proof of the existence of an operation. "Like a cartel," the people working on the operation apparently hired "mules" to stuff ballot boxes in a series of U.S. states that were instrumental in Joe Biden's win in the 2020 election. D'Souza says that it's a "heist" and "a crime."

Meanwhile, NPR found that True The Vote made multiple misleading or false claims about its work. It included the suggestion that the group helped solve the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Atlanta. The claims appear in "2,000 Mules," which has been described as a pro-Trump film. Trump has embraced the film, which has gained popularity on the political right.

Liz Harrington, Trump's official spokesperson, said that True The Vote "solved a murder of a young little girl in Atlanta. I mean, they are heroes." Fans of the movie have echoed that message on social media, but that claim is false.

In the murder of Secoriea Turner, authorities in Georgia arrested and secured indictments against two suspects in August 2021. True The Vote said that it had contacted law enforcement more than two months later. It means that it played no role in those arrests or indictments.