Editing Dinesh D'Souza (section)

===Opinions expressed on Twitter===
In November 2013, D'Souza received backlash for referring to Obama as "Grown-Up [[Trayvon Martin|Trayvon]]" in a tweet. In response to the backlash, D'Souza posted: "Feigned outrage on the left over me calling Obama 'grown up Trayvon' except that Obama likened himself to Trayvon!"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Delreal|first=Jose|date=November 26, 2013|title=D'Souza: Obama 'grown-up Trayvon'|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/dinesh-dsouza-tweet-grown-up-trayvon-100406|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-23|website=[[Politico]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224221122/http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/dinesh-dsouza-tweet-grown-up-trayvon-100406 |archive-date=December 24, 2016 }}</ref> D'Souza later deleted the initial post.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|last=Kristian|first=Bonnie|date=May 31, 2018|title=7 of Dinesh D'Souza's most shameful moments|url=https://theweek.com/articles/776256/7-dinesh-dsouzas-most-shameful-moments|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-23|website=[[The Week]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531210446/http://theweek.com/articles/776256/7-dinesh-dsouzas-most-shameful-moments |archive-date=May 31, 2018 }}</ref>

In February 2015, D'Souza wrote: "You can take the boy out of the [[ghetto]]" in a post criticizing Obama for using a [[selfie stick]].<ref name=":102" /><ref name=":10" /> After the post was criticized as racist, D'Souza posted: "I know Obama wasn't actually raised in a ghetto—I'm using the term metaphorically, to suggest his unpresidential conduct".<ref name=":102" />

In January 2017, after civil rights leader and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] congressman [[John Lewis]] stated that the then-newly elected President [[Donald Trump]] was not a "legitimate president", D'Souza posted: "The left's false narrative inflates minor figures like John Lewis, Democrat, & downplays major ones like [[Frederick Douglass]], Republican".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Shanley|first=Patrick|date=2017-01-14|title='Hillary's America' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Comes Under Fire Following Controversial Rosa Parks Tweet|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/hillarys-america-filmmaker-dinesh-dsouza-comes-under-fire-controversial-rosa-parks-tweet-964417/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201621/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/hillarys-america-filmmaker-dinesh-dsouza-comes-under-fire-controversial-rosa-parks-tweet-964417/|url-status=live}}</ref> D'Souza later posted that civil rights activist [[Rosa Parks]]' contributions to the [[civil rights movement]] were "absurdly inflated"<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /> and described her as an "overrated Democrat".<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":4">{{cite web|last=Kirell|first=Andrew|date=February 21, 2018|title=Dinesh D'Souza Mocked Shooting Survivors. Why Is He Still on the 'National Review' Masthead?|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/dinesh-dsouza-national-review-parkland-shooting-survivors-racist-bigot|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222043217/https://www.thedailybeast.com/dinesh-dsouza-national-review-parkland-shooting-survivors-racist-bigot|archive-date=February 22, 2018|access-date=June 21, 2021|website=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref> D'Souza received criticism for the posts,<ref name=":2" /> with [[Charles C. W. Cooke]] of ''[[National Review]]'' stating: "Not only {{Sic|is this is}} incorrect, it's an attitude that would never be struck about a soldier on, say, Veterans Day ... [E]ven if Parks was a minor player (she wasn't), she'd still deserve to be lionized."<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cooke|first=Charles C. W.|author-link=Charles C. W. Cooke|date=January 14, 2017|title=Not only is this is incorrect, it's an attitude that would never be struck about a soldier on, say, Veterans Day.|url=https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/820415364387471360|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207191308/https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/820415364387471360|archive-date=December 7, 2018|access-date=June 27, 2021|website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cooke|first=Charles C. W.|date=January 14, 2017|title=Thing is, @DineshDSouza, even if Parks was a minor player (she wasn't), she'd still deserve to be lionized.|url=https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/820415928659755013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207191310/https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/820415928659755013|archive-date=December 7, 2018|access-date=June 27, 2021|website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref>

In November 2017, D'Souza mocked Beverly Young Nelson, one of the women who accused [[Roy Moore]] of [[Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations|sexual misconduct]],<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> and posted: "I was lukewarm on Roy Moore until the last-minute smear. Now we must elect him to show that the [[The Washington Post|@washingtonpost]] sleaze attack failed".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Heer|first=Jeet|date=2017-11-13|title=Roy Moore and the New Republican Civil War|magazine=[[The New Republic]]|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/145785/roy-moore-new-republican-civil-war|access-date=2021-06-20|issn=0028-6583|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201915/https://newrepublic.com/article/145785/roy-moore-new-republican-civil-war|url-status=live}}</ref> [[David French (political commentator)|David French]], then-senior writer at ''National Review'', posted "What has happened to you?" in response to D'Souza's post about Nelson.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />

In February 2018, D'Souza was criticized for a series of posts which mocked the survivors of the [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting]]. In response to a photo of survivors reacting to Florida lawmakers voting down a proposed ban on assault weapons in the aftermath of the shooting, D'Souza posted "worst news since their parents told them to get summer jobs".<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":4" /> D'Souza also accused the survivors of "politically-orchestrated grief" and said that their grief "[struck him] as phony and inauthentic".<ref name=":6" /> D'Souza's comments were condemned by both liberal and conservative commentators. Journalist [[Jonathan M. Katz]] wrote: "Let it never be said that Dinesh does not actively root for the death of children."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|last=Nakamura|first=Reid|date=2018-02-21|title=Even Conservatives Denounce Dinesh D'Souza After He Mocks Parkland School Shooting Survivors|url=https://www.thewrap.com/even-conservatives-denounce-dinesh-dsouza-mocks-parkland-school-shooting-survivors/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-28|website=[[TheWrap]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221025928/https://www.thewrap.com/even-conservatives-denounce-dinesh-dsouza-mocks-parkland-school-shooting-survivors/ |archive-date=February 21, 2018 }}</ref> Others accused D'Souza of "trolling kids".<ref name=":8" /><ref name="inq">{{cite web|last=Feinstein|first=Amy|date=February 21, 2018|title=#CPAC2018 Cancels #DineshDSouza From Their Event After Offensive Comments About #Parkland Teens|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/4795614/cpac-removes-dinesh-dsouza-from-list-of-speakers-for-offensive-comments-about-parkland-shooting-survivors/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221123301/https://www.inquisitr.com/4795614/cpac-removes-dinesh-dsouza-from-list-of-speakers-for-offensive-comments-about-parkland-shooting-survivors/|archive-date=February 21, 2018|access-date=February 8, 2021|website=[[Inquisitr]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Elliot|last=Hannon|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/right-wing-pundit-dinesh-dsouza-taunts-survivors-of-parkland-shooting-for-losing-florida-weapons-ban-vote.html|title=Right-Wing Pundit Taunts Survivors of Parkland Shooting for Losing Weapons-Ban Vote in Florida Legislature|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=February 20, 2018|access-date=February 21, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221025551/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/right-wing-pundit-dinesh-dsouza-taunts-survivors-of-parkland-shooting-for-losing-florida-weapons-ban-vote.html|archive-date=February 21, 2018}}</ref> D'Souza was also denounced by the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]], which removed him from its roster of speakers and stated: "his comments are indefensible".<ref name=":6" /><ref name=inq/> D'Souza subsequently apologized for the initial tweet, saying that it was "aimed at media manipulation" and that he was being "insensitive to students who lost friends in a terrible tragedy."<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=2018-02-21|title=Dinesh D'Souza apologizes for mocking Parkland shooting survivors after massive backlash|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/374819-dinesh-dsouza-apologizes-for-mocking-parkland-shooting-survivors-after-massive/|access-date=2021-06-22|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|language=en|archive-date=April 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401090748/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/374819-dinesh-dsouza-apologizes-for-mocking-parkland-shooting-survivors-after-massive/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2021, after the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]] took place, D'Souza suggested that the rioters were little more than "a bunch of rowdy people walking through a hallway".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shepherd|first=Katie|date=February 24, 2021|title=Critics slam Sen. Ron Johnson for unfounded claim that 'fake Trump protesters' led riots: 'It's disgraceful'|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/24/ron-johnson-capitol-riot-disinformation/|access-date=2021-09-26|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> In May, D'Souza posted about the attack: "Does this LOOK like an insurrection? A riot? A coup attempt? If it doesn't walk like a duck or talk like a duck then it probably isn't a duck."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Harvey|first=Josephine|date=2021-05-03|title=Right-Wing Pundit's Attempt To Whitewash The Capitol Insurrection Backfires|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dinesh-dsouza-capitol-riot-tweet_n_60908e80e4b02e74d22aad6f|access-date=2021-09-26|website=HuffPost|language=en|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926065232/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dinesh-dsouza-capitol-riot-tweet_n_60908e80e4b02e74d22aad6f|url-status=live}}</ref>