Dinesh D'Souza

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Dinesh D'Souza

Dinesh Joseph D'Souza (born April 25, 1961 (age 60)) in Bombay, India, is a conservative scholar, author, blogger and commentator. He is the former President of The King's College in New York.[1]

In college, he was a prominent writer with The Dartmouth Review, a conservative publication. He is a former editor of Policy Review, a conservative journal. He was a fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University.

A Christian immigrant from India who wrote a book entitled What's So Great About Christianity, D'Souza wrote a piece entitled "Thank God for America" on his blog on November 21, 2007.[2] Today he is mostly involved with exposing the contradictions and hypocrisy of atheists, and the censorship of Christian leadership in the modern world.

He regularly participates in debates with New Atheists. These have included Christopher Hitchens (6 times), Daniel Dennett (once), Peter Singer (twice), Dan Barker (twice), and Michael Shermer (twice).

In September 2010, D'Souza published Roots of Obama's Rage, which explores possible influences that Barack Obama, Sr may have had on his son, the President. D'Souza asserts:

The most powerful country in the world is being governed according to the dreams of a Luo tribesman of the 1950s—a polygamist who abandoned his wives, drank himself into stupors, and bounced around on two iron legs (after his real legs had to be amputated because of a car crash caused by his drunk driving). This philandering, inebriated African socialist, who raged against the world for denying him the realization of his anti-colonial ambitions, is now setting the nation’s agenda through the reincarnation of his dreams in his son.[3]

The book did not receive wide attention until it was made into a motion picture entitled, 2016: Obama's America which was released during the 2012 Presidential campaign. The movie has become a box office success, on track to garner the second-highest box office receipts for a documentary in history.[4][5] He subsequently produced the movies America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014), Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016), and Death of a Nation: Can We Save America a Second Time? (2018).

Personal Life

D'Souza has been married twice. He is the father of one daughter, Danielle Gill. Gill's husband, Brandon, ran for the open Texas 26th Congressional District seat (vacated by the retiring Michael Burgess) and defeated ten other candidates in the 2024 Republican Primary. He faces token Democrat opposition in a district which is heavily Republican.

Criminal conviction and pardon

In September 2014 D'Souza was convicted of making $20,000 in illegal campaign contributions and sentenced to 5 years probation.[1]

Andrew McCarthy noted this about D'Souza's indictment:

"Yet there were patent mitigating circumstances, starting with the fact that few people actually get prosecuted at all for this offense. Even in the case of gargantuan violations, such as the Obama 2008 campaign’s own millions of dollars in illicit contributions, the Justice Department allows cases to be settled with an administrative fine. Furthermore, in the few cases that are pursued criminally, there is unvaryingly a corruption angle — the donor is dodging the limits in the expectation of a quid pro quo.
"In D’Souza’s case, there was nothing of the kind: He was trying to be supportive of a friend who had no chance to win."[6]

President Trump gave D'Souza a full pardon on May 31, 2018, citing D'Souza's unfair treatment by the U. S. Government.[7]

Dinesh D'Souza on American greatness and American culture

Quotes

"Do young people know that in an admission of sexual abuse Bill Clinton paid Paula Jones an $800,000 settlement?" (September 29, 2016)

2017

Marching for the right to kill children is strange—marching for the right to kill your own children is incomprehensible #WomensMarch. (January 22, 2017)

Melania Trump's recitation of the "Lord's Prayer" is the most in-your-face act by any First Lady & it has left the other side sputtering. (February 19, 2017)

"Someone please explain to McCain & Kasich that criticizing the media is not a VIOLATION of First Amendment rights but an EXERCISE of them. (February 20, 2017)

WHY I'M SMILING TODAY: This capo James Comey allocated $100,000 to investigate my $20 K case—all to please his mob bosses Holder & Obama. (May 9, 2017)

The man accused of being the most anti-Muslim US president seems to be enthusiastically welcomed in the world's most devout Muslim country. (May 21, 2017)

There's more smoke around the Seth Rich murder than there is around Russia collusion—can anyone else do the job D.C. cops won't do? (May 30, 2017)

Taking a cue from the left, we must now demand that all her shows be canceled & everyone on the left permanently disavow Kathy Griffin. (May 31, 2017)

Once again in the wake of #LondonAttacks we remind ourselves of the nitwit we nearly elected president [Hillary Clinton: "Let us be clear: Islam is not our adversary. Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people and have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism." {November 19, 2015}]. (June 3, 2017)

Why doesn't #JeffSessions appoint a new special prosecutor to look into the crimes of Obama, Hillary & their capos Holder & Lynch? (June 15, 2017)

I think if people want to wipe out reminders of slavery, segregation & white supremacy we might consider getting rid of the Democratic Party. (August 17, 2017)

If @realDonaldTrump is a Nazi for not calling out Nazis, was Obama an Islamic terrorist for not calling out Islamic terrorists? (August 17, 2017)

We’re learning with @realDonaldTrump that it’s better to have the economy in the care of a self-made billionaire than a community organizer. (December 18, 2017)

2018

How many shows did Oprah do over all those years exposing sexual predation in Hollywood? Let me count. NONE. (January 8, 2018)

What the media won’t admit is that, from India to Venezuela to Haiti, socialism is what turns resource-rich nations into sh*tholes. (January 14, 2018)

If a group of Haitians claimed @realDonaldTrump stole their aid money, every single one of them would be featured in the national media (January 15, 2018)

My file—obtained by the House Oversight Committee—shows FBI red-flagged me as an Obama critic & allocated $100 K to investigate a $20 K case. (January 23, 2018)

The fact that Democrats say using the FBI to spy on your political opponents is no big deal means they would unhesitatingly do it again. (February 3, 2018)

It has now become obvious that @realDonaldTrump isn't the perpetrator of #RussiaCollusion—he is the victim of it. (February 10, 2018)

It’s kinda dumb for Mueller to be chasing 13 Russian internet trolls when the real election rigging was carried out by Hillary & the DNC. (February 18, 2018)

I notice the leftist weasels who call me “felon” have gone dead silent about Rosie committing 5–yes five—campaign finance violations. (May 6, 2018)

Since Rosie seems to have broken the law 5 times in 5 jurisdictions there are 5 US attorneys who can indict her for a campaign $ violation. (May 10, 2018)

If the FBI systematically spied on the Trump campaign, the big question becomes: who gave the order? (May 14, 2018)

Obama & his stooges tried to extinguish my American dream & destroy my faith in America. Thank you @realDonaldTrump for fully restoring both. (May 31, 2018)[8]

This last-minute uncorroborated accusation is now depressingly familiar. It is a political tactic and a vile one at that. The GOP should calmly ignore it & vote to confirm Kavanaugh. (September 16, 2018)

You cannot accuse someone decades later of doing something to you without CORROBORATING evidence. Absent such evidence there is no reason to believe the accusation #ConfirmKavanaugh (September 17, 2018)

[ChuckGrassley:] Stop being such a pathetic, weak man. Your party is in the majority. Why let Schumer push you around? (September 22, 2018)

No one is talking about how this Kavanaugh circus is firing up Republicans! The evil party is showing its fangs and the good guys know it is time to draw out their swords #VoteRed (September 23, 2018)

Now @ChuckGrassley do you finally understand why the left was stalling this? Do you even realize that in trying to play the gentleman that you’ve been played? Wise up, GOP! (September 23, 2018)

Senator Feinstein says she was shocked to hear Kavanaugh’s tone. Yes, a Republican with a spine who came out guns blazing. No wonder Feinstein is freaking out. There is a lesson for the GOP here (September 28, 2018)

See also

References

  1. Dinesh D'Souza Named President of The King's College in NYC (Aug. 23, 2010). Retrieved on Aug. 30, 2012.
  2. http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/bloggers/dinesh-dsouza
  3. https://www.amazon.com/Roots-Obamas-Rage-Dinesh-DSouza/dp/1596986255
  4. ‘2016: Obama’s America’: Fact checking conservative author Dinesh D’Souza’s film. NY Daily News (August 28, 2012). Retrieved on August 30, 2012.
  5. '2016': Anti-Obama Film's Giant Success (August 29, 2012). Retrieved on August 30, 2012.
  6. Andrew C. McCarthy (December 19, 2015). "How Dinesh D'Souza became a victim of Obama's lawless administration", National Review website.
  7. Multiple references:
  8. quotes from Twitter