A Utah tech executive who sent an email to local business and political leaders claiming that the COVID-19 vaccine was a “sadistic” Jewish plot to “euthanize the American people” has stepped down.

The email was sent early Monday to some of the most powerful figures in the state’s public and private sectors, including Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Utah Jazz owner and Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith, along with a group of other local executives in a part of the country known as the “Silicon Slopes.”

David Bateman, the co-founder and chairman of property management software provider Entrata, acknowledged in the email — which was sent from his company account — that it “sounds bonkers,” but claimed the vaccine was a plot to depopulate the Earth sponsored by “elites” including George Soros and Bill Gates, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

“I believe the pandemic and systematic extermination of billions of people will lead to an effort to consolidate all the countries in the world under a single flag with totalitarian rule,” Bateman said in the email, according to the Tribune.

“I pray that I’m wrong on this. Utah has got to stop the vaccination drive. Warn your employees. Warn your friends. Prepare. Stay safe,” Bateman said. (Read more from “Tech Exec Quits After Outrage Over Email Calling COVID Vaccine a ‘Jewish Plot’” HERE)

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