Faithful Politics "The 2000 Mules-tiverse of Madness" w/ Phillip Bump, National Correspondent for the Washington Post
In the newest attempt to relitigate the 2020 election, the right-wing provocateur Dinesh D'Souza, released a new movie called 2000 mules. Dinesh, who received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump for a felony conviction for making illegal campaign contributions, along with True The Vote purports to have used cell phone geolocation data and video surveillance of mail-in ballot drop boxes to argue that President Joe Biden lost the 2020 election. The movie, which has grossed over $10 million promises that this is only the beginning. This week I speak with Phillip Bump who recently caught up with the director of the film, to ask him what he learned from his one on one interview with the director of the film, Dinesh D’Souza.
- ‘2000 Mules’ offers the least convincing election-fraud theory yet: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/11/2000-mules-offers-least-convincing-election-fraud-theory-yet/
- Discussing the gaps in ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/17/discussing-gaps-2000-mules-with-dinesh-dsouza/
- Even the geolocation maps in ‘2000 Mules’ are misleading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/19/even-geolocation-maps-2000-mules-are-misleading/
- A pro-Trump film suggests its data are so accurate, it solved a murder. That's false: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1098787088/a-pro-trump-film-suggests-its-data-are-so-accurate-it-solved-a-murder-thats-fals
- Georgia Bureau of Investigation: https://twitter.com/stphnfwlr/status/1451309892824936452
Cut scenes in the order you hear them (chronologically):
- Bill Barr, in interview with Lester Holt: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/former-ag-barr-said-trump-became-enraged-told-election-fraud-claims-no-rcna17750
- Chris Krebs, testimony on congress: https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Testimony-Krebs-2020-12-16.pdf
- Finally, Donald Trump acknowledges his election loss: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/p
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