No, Louisiana gunman John Russell Houser was not an Obama supporter

Some conservative outlets are claiming that the gunman who killed two women after opening fire inside a crowded movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana was a supporter of President Barack Obama.

The claim is based on a portion of John Russell Houser's writings from 2013, in which he compared the president to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

In the writings, which has been described as a manifesto, Houser said the United States was in a downward spiral and that the country was too late to save. The outspoken conservative said the future of the United States "will be worse than a Mad Max" and that Obama was hastening the country's decline -- which was something he viewed positively.

The confusion arose because Houser wrote "I was for his re-election." In context, however, it is clear the gunman does not think highly of the president.

"Here is something that is truly funny: since I accepted this it came to me that the president is doing exactly what Tim McVeigh did,only the president is much more effective," he wrote. "The way I see it,the faster he wrecks this nation, which in no way resembles what it’s founders envisioned,the faster working people with morals may re-assume command.ie I was for his re-election. I like his spending habits.etc"

He added: "Encourage whatever takes us forward. Right now, down is forward."

In his other writings, Houser expressed support for far-right views. He said the United States needed a right-wing party like Greece’s neo-Nazi “Golden Dawn” and he registered in 2005 to attend at event hosted by white nationalists.