The manifesto contained common far-right catchphrases, including descriptions of an "international Jewry" which is responsible for countless age-old blood libels, including the murder of Christ and alleged control over the media and the economy. This is similar to a trope in the antisemitic book The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.Earnest wrote that: "Every Jew young and old has contributed to these. For these crimes they deserve nothing but hell. I will send them there."He also stated that he hoped to inspire others to commit similar crimes and that he expected to be freed from prison and would "continue the fight."The manifesto is full of religious imagery. He repeated throughout that he was carrying out the attack to be a good Christian, saying "My God understands why I did what I did." He proceeded to quote several verses from the New Testament as "proof." He also claimed in the post that the popular YouTuber known as Pewdiepie funded and planned the attack. He also stated that he carried out an arson attack in Escondido, where a fire broke out at Dar-ul-Arqam mosque, also known as the Islamic Center of Escondido, a week after the New Zealand mosque attacks. A note referencing the New Zealand attacks was left at the mosque. Police are currently investigating his involvement in that incident.Throughout the manifesto, he also referred to other minorities with racist terms, blaming them for a wide variety of personal complaints as well.Earnest had no prior encounters with law enforcement. Similar manifestos have been published with other racist and antisemitic attacks, including by the New Zealand attacker.This was posted on a radical right wing website about five minutes ago there is about to be a mass shooting. I’m trying to figure out how to report it pic.twitter.com/RxwmJ2VG0r
— Aric Victor (@AricVictor) April 27, 2019