Fox News host Mark Levin took aim at conservative pundit Ann Coulter Wednesday over her criticism of the 2020 presidential election documentary 2,000 Mules from right-wing political commentator Dinesh D'Souza.
In a Wednesday post titled "Dinesh's Stupid Movie" (with the subtitle "And the grift goes on..."), Coulter singled out the documentary in the context of allegations by the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot that Donald Trump used false election claims to raise $250 million.
"Which brings me to Dinesh D'Souza's movie '2,000 Mules.' The movie tells Trump diehards (a dwindling crowd) that their man probably DID win the 2020 election!" she wrote in the post. Coulter, who Vanity Fair reported once dated D'Souza, was once a staunch supporter of Trump but has since become a critic of the former president over issues like his unsuccessful effort to build a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Responding on Twitter to an article about Coulter's post and criticism of the film, Levin tweeted: "Does it get any lower than Coulter? Speaking of grifters..."
Does it get any lower than Coulter? Speaking of grifters …https://t.co/cGkdsgEKNc
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) June 16, 2022
The film shows video, obtained through open-records requests, in which so-called mules—described in the movie as paid or unpaid operatives—are seen allegedly stuffing ballot boxes. Ahead of the documentary's May release, D'Souza told Newsweek that it wasn't meant to convince viewers that the 2020 election should be overturned but to cast doubt on the Department of Homeland Security's declaration that it was "the most secure in American history."
Fact-checkers at the Associated Press and PolitiFact have said allegations made in the documentary are misleading or false. But the film has become popular with some Republican figures and crowds, including Trump, who held a screening of it in May at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and acquitted shooter Kyle Rittenhouse were among those who attended the event.
Trump has even targeted Fox News for purportedly refusing to "show or discuss" D'Souza's documentary.
"Fox News is no longer Fox News," Trump posted on his Truth Social account last month. "They won't even show or discuss the greatest & most impactful documentary of our time, '2000 Mules.' The Radical Left Democrats are thrilled - They don't want the TRUTH to get out."
In January this year, Coulter called Trump a "liar and a con man" after he criticized politicians who declined to say whether they had received a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Newsweek reached out to Levin via Fox News and Coulter via her social media for comment.
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