A Utah tech founder has stepped down as chairman, a day after he sent out an unhinged email to political leaders spewing far-right conspiracy theories about a “systemic extermination of billions of people” supposedly masterminded by “the Jews.”
The founder of a popular Utah-based software company has stepped down as chairman, a day after he sent out an unhinged email to political leaders spewing far-right conspiracy theories about a “systemic extermination of billions of people” supposedly masterminded by “the Jews.”
He claimed that both the COVID-19 vaccines and the virus itself were part of a nefarious plot to “euthanize the American people.” “I believe the Jews are behind this. For 300 years the Jews have been trying to infiltrate the Catholic Church and place a Jew covertly at the top,” he said, echoing antisemitic conspiracy theories that have long had a hold in extremist circles.
This is not the first time Bateman has sparked outrage. In early 2019, he was accused of demeaning female attendees of a tech conference after proudly declaring that his company uplifts women, according to. Women in the crowd said they felt “objectified” after he asked them to stand up and cheer for baseball star Alex Rodriguez, only to dismiss them as “fans” seconds later and tell them to sit down like they were props.
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