Alleged killer of Jewish diplomats was obsessed with whites and and white genocide, leaked texts reveal
The accused killer of two Jewish diplomats was obsessed with white people and white genocide.
Elias Rodriguez said in text messages to friends that 'you probably would have to actually genocide white people to make this a normal country.'
'Like even a very targeted and selective rehabilitation program would probably have to lead to the lifetime imprisonments of tens of millions of white people,' he went on.
The messages - posted a week after the couple were shot dead in Washington DC - were obtained by journalist Ken Klippenstein.
Rodriguez, a 31-year-old Chicago native, was arrested on May 21 after he allegedly opened fire on Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrime 21 times outside the Capital Jewish Museum. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
The couple, who were set to get engaged just a week from their deaths, had attended a Young Diplomats event before they were shot that night.
During his arrest, Rodriguez was hysterically hauled away while shouting: 'Free, free Palestine,' as he squirmed against an officers' grip.
Now, a week after the senseless attack, text messages sent in a group chat from Rodriguez revealed his disturbing obsession with the specific demographic.
'Lol you probably would have to actually genocide white people to make this a normal country,' Rodriguez wrote to friends in a group chat.
'Like even a very targeted and selective rehabilitation program would probably have to lead to the lifetime imprisonments of tens of millions of white people,' he went on.
White genocide is a conspiracy theory that claims there is a deliberate plot to cause mass extinction of white people through violence, immigration, and forced assimilation.
Friends of the alleged killer claim he 'never, ever said anything remotely racist about Jews or anyone.'
But he harbored a strong hatred of Israel, they contend.
'He was a big proponent of "the emerging resistance axis" of Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Assad's Syria,' one claimed.
'He seemed pretty vocally in favor of Hamas for years — way before 2023,' the pals added.
'He'd always hated Israel and would call it "The Little Satan." '
In other messages to his peers, Rodriguez professed his sadness over the murders of two prominent Hamas leaders - Hassan Nasrallah and Yahya Sinwar.
'Honestly I'm still just feeling sad about the murder of Hassan Nasrallah,' Rodriguez wrote.
'It hurts when people are killed specifically for doing what's right, when so many are afraid to…'
After the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a video of the killing of Sinwar - the former chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau - he told the chat: '100% him sadly.'
During his arrest, Rodriguez also expressed praise for Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. airman who set himself on fire outside the Israel Embassy - where Lischinsky and Milgrime worked.
'Just now saw the unblurred video and lost it,' Rodriguez told the group in reference to the horrific video of Bushnell setting himself ablaze.
Although his messages did not appear to mention anything about murder, Rodriguez's friends told Klippenstein he seemed nicer in the weeks just before.
Only one post by Rodriguez revealed what he did the day before the shooting.
He told his friends that he met and shook the hand of Rod Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois who was impeached and convicted for public corruption.
After being behind bars for nearly eight years, Blagojevich was pardoned by President Donald Trump earlier this year.
When a friend replied, asking if Blagojevich was the ambassador to Serbia, Rodriguez responded: 'Lmao is he? '
After reading a link to an article stating that Trump had considered Blagojevich for the position, Rodriguez added: 'Hilarious.'
Meanwhile, DailyMail.com has revealed that Rodriguez has a live-in girlfriend.
The 'manifesto' he allegedly wrote the day before the killings ended with the words 'I love you Mom, Dad, baby sis, the rest of my familia, including you, O*****.'
Rodriguez and the woman – who is believed to have the last name Oliver – moved into a modest Chicago apartment two years ago.
The exact number of asterisks were used to match the remaining letters in the name Oliver in the screed about the plight of Palestinians in Gaza.
Neighbor John Fry, 71, said Rodriguez's girlfriend mysteriously vanished shortly before the fatal shooting.
'There was a young woman, although I haven't seen her for a couple of weeks now,' Fry added. 'I can't say exactly when she left.'
'I'm guessing she was in her late 20s, about 5ft 3in tall, dark hair. Nothing special about her build. Difficult to really describe her much after that.
'I don't know why she apparently hasn't been around.'
'They were a really quiet couple. Although in these apartment buildings people only tend to just say "hi" to each other, not much more than that,' said Fry.
'I didn't exchange that many words with her.'
The shocking double slaying was far from the first time Israeli foreign hubs have been targeted by terrorists.
Since 1969, there have been at least 31 terrorist attacks on Israeli embassies or diplomatic staffers around the world, according to Fox News.
The murders came amid rising global protests over Israel's treatment of civilians in Gaza.
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