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A former Utah tech executive and prominent GOP donor said Tuesday that he believed Pope Francis was secretly a Jewish agent installed to help distribute the COVID-19 vaccine around the world in an effort to create "totalitarian rule."
Dave Bateman, co-founder of property management software brand Entrata, stated these beliefs in a mass email that was sent to numerous people within his company, as well as state officials and other tech moguls. This was first reported by the Deseret News, which was able to obtain a copy of Bateman's rant containing a number of antisemitic conspiracy theories.
"I write this email knowing that many of you will think I'm crazy after reading it," Bateman began. "I believe there is a sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people. It's obvious now. It's undeniable, yet no one is doing anything. Everyone is discounting their own judgment and dismissing their intuition. I believe the Jews are behind this."
The email then went on to describe how Bateman believed, without evidence, that Pope Francis was purposefully installed in his position by Jewish religious leaders in an effort to take over the Catholic Church.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gop-donor-claims-pope-francis-is-jewish-agent-installed-to-distribute-vaccine/ar-AASrotj
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)sop
(10,192 posts)He was right!
Makes me wonder if he was paid or ordered to write this nonsense & make it public just to disrupt.
ProfessorGAC
(65,060 posts)He said I'llthink he's crazy.
There's no thinking about it.
He's absolutely, definitively nuts!
lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)That is why Israel is now recommending a SECOND booster shot of the "mass murder" vaccine to their at risk health care workers.
What an f'ing moron.
ExciteBike66
(2,358 posts)Once we are all Jews, then...uh...wait what is supposed to happen again?
Buns_of_Fire
(17,181 posts)The Jewish Space Lasers (tm) aren't designed to start wildfires -- they're remote activation signals for the magnetized chips that the Jewish Pope arranged to have injected into the unsuspecting masses! Brilliant!
(The wildfires were just an accident during calibration. Sorry 'bout that.)
Celerity
(43,403 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,117 posts)Botany
(70,515 posts)PCIntern
(25,554 posts)He was program director of the Mens Club and occasionally went to the Chavurah services when his wife was leading them.
He also was The Godfather at my friends sons bris.
Hekate
(90,712 posts)I knew a former priest who converted to Judaism in old age. One time I stood next to him as he sang and had a momentary flash at how well he handled Hebrew, then a bigger flash that said Duh! He had intensive education in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek in his youth.
tanyev
(42,564 posts)Spoiler alert: Most of them do not end well.
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)Boomerproud
(7,954 posts)Hey Utah governor, are you sending back his donation?
mountain grammy
(26,623 posts)Hekate
(90,712 posts)peggysue2
(10,829 posts)are mentally ill with all these ingested conspiracy theories. I mean this one is on the level of pedophiles holed up in a pizza shop. This yahoo, CEO or not, insists that the accusation is obvious, undeniable.
Yeah, to crazy people, to those who have left their rationality at the curb.
And, of course, it's a Jewish plot. Because? Because.
The toxicity of the last few years is driving people mad.
marie999
(3,334 posts)Anti-Semitism is growing in many countries including the U.S. I remember in the late 40s and early 50s Jews were saying thank God it can't happen here. Well, it is happening here. My family is the only Jewish family in my area. The only time our religion is brought up is when a pastor calls with a question. I have no doubts that if Trump is reelected and has a Republican Congress things will get very bad.