Elon Musk said he will bring back a DOGE staff member who resigned after it was found that the staffer had previously made racist remarks online.
Marko Elez resigned after The Wall Street Journal reported he had posted racist messages to X that included “normalize Indian hate.”said Friday that he will bring back a DOGE staff member who resigned after it was found that the staffer had previously made racist remarks online.reported that he had made comments online that included supporting racism and eugenics. The White House confirmed to NBC News that Elez had resigned.
The Journal reported that the posts were made by an account, @nullllptr, that previously went by @marko_elez, and that the account said they were an employee at SpaceX and Starlink, matching Elez’s experience posted on his personal website. Vance’s comments come as Musk’s DOGE has embarked on a wide-ranging effort to slash the government’s workforce. The Trump administration has also sought to eliminate roles focused on social justice initiatives. is an effort aimed at “dismantling the radical-left shadow government.” That has included tech-focused personnel with no government experience, some of whom have left behind considerable social media footprints.
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