It is worth noting that it looks like what pushed him over the edge was that caravan of 'refugees' being so heavily publicized in the US media. His main target wasn't just Jews but the Jews involved in a refugee advocacy group called HIAS. I don't know if they were actually involved or not but guys like this rarely think straight or require a lot of evidence.
The issue that put him over the edge may have been the caravan and HIAS, but the guy clearly had an intense hatred of Jews and is a firm believer in the "ZOG" (Zionist Occupying Government, I believe that stands for-- the notion that a secret cabal of Jews is the real power running all western nations) and is an avid Holocaust denier. After his name became publicly known, people found his profile on a social network called "Gab" (which is basically where alt-right people go after they get banned from Twitter) and have posted a trove of screenshots of his rantings.
His intense hatred for Jews was not limited to those working for HIAS. HIAS is based in New York City, not Pittsburgh. The caravan might have been the last straw, but this is a guy whose hatred for Jews was already intense.
This article talks a bit more about what "Gab" is:
https://www.businessinsider.com/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-gab-2018-10And it includes this link has an archive of some screenshots of the killer's anti-Jewish rantings:
https://web.archive.org/web/20181027160428/https://imgur.com/a/cwB9QkRAside from the usual stuff about Holocaust denial and the supposed genocide of white people, there's also plenty of 4chan memes. He was a big fan of Pepe the frog.
-k
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