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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 06:31 AM Jan 2022

GOP Donor Claims Pope Francis Is Jewish Agent Installed to Distribute Vaccine

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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GOP Donor Claims Pope Francis Is Jewish Agent Installed to Distribute Vaccine (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2022 OP
This guy is crazy! SheltieLover Jan 2022 #1
"I write this email knowing that many of you will think I'm crazy after reading it." sop Jan 2022 #3
Yup! SheltieLover Jan 2022 #5
Not Completely! ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #17
yup, the Jews are behind it for sure... lapfog_1 Jan 2022 #2
Can't wait for Bateman to next claim that the Jews made HIM Jewish... ExciteBike66 Jan 2022 #4
Of course! Now it all makes sense! Buns_of_Fire Jan 2022 #6
Utah tech executive resigns after anti-semitic email rant Celerity Jan 2022 #7
I would have expected this from Steve Bannon. no_hypocrisy Jan 2022 #8
Oh for the love of dog. What a bunch of jews in this picture. Botany Jan 2022 #9
Yeah...the Pope used to sit two rows in front of me at shul... PCIntern Jan 2022 #10
Ah yes, he sang the Hebrew beautifully, didn't he? Hekate Jan 2022 #16
Oh he can read lots of stories about people who followed their intuition at sorryantivaxxer.com. tanyev Jan 2022 #11
Sounds like he's gearing up for a political run. Establishing his bona fides for the Republicans. Midnight Writer Jan 2022 #12
Aww how sweet. Some of his best friends are Jewish. Boomerproud Jan 2022 #13
and the magats will gobble it up.. mountain grammy Jan 2022 #14
Okay, this guy sounds clinically insane now. nt Hekate Jan 2022 #15
A lot of these people . . . peggysue2 Jan 2022 #18
Being Jewish, I see it differently. I think they are trying different things to see what sticks. marie999 Jan 2022 #19

sop

(10,192 posts)
3. "I write this email knowing that many of you will think I'm crazy after reading it."
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 06:54 AM
Jan 2022

He was right!

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
5. Yup!
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 07:03 AM
Jan 2022

Makes me wonder if he was paid or ordered to write this nonsense & make it public just to disrupt.

ProfessorGAC

(65,060 posts)
17. Not Completely!
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 06:26 PM
Jan 2022

He said I'llthink he's crazy.
There's no thinking about it.
He's absolutely, definitively nuts!

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
2. yup, the Jews are behind it for sure...
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 06:41 AM
Jan 2022

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)
4. Can't wait for Bateman to next claim that the Jews made HIM Jewish...
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 07:01 AM
Jan 2022

Once we are all Jews, then...uh...wait what is supposed to happen again?

Buns_of_Fire

(17,181 posts)
6. Of course! Now it all makes sense!
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 07:18 AM
Jan 2022

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.)

PCIntern

(25,554 posts)
10. Yeah...the Pope used to sit two rows in front of me at shul...
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 08:31 AM
Jan 2022

He was program director of the Men’s Club and occasionally went to the Chavurah services when his wife was leading them.

He also was The Godfather at my friend’s son’s bris.

Hekate

(90,712 posts)
16. Ah yes, he sang the Hebrew beautifully, didn't he?
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 05:40 PM
Jan 2022

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)
11. Oh he can read lots of stories about people who followed their intuition at sorryantivaxxer.com.
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 09:44 AM
Jan 2022

Spoiler alert: Most of them do not end well.

peggysue2

(10,829 posts)
18. A lot of these people . . .
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 07:54 PM
Jan 2022

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)
19. Being Jewish, I see it differently. I think they are trying different things to see what sticks.
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 08:31 PM
Jan 2022

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.

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