DOGE Employees Quits Over “Normalize Indian Hate” Put up, Elon Musk Responds
An worker from billionaire Elon Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) has resigned after he was linked to racist posts on a deleted social media account.
Marko Elez, 25, who was amongst two DOGE employees members who had entry to the delicate private information of tens of millions of Individuals, resigned Thursday after The Wall Avenue Journal report uncovered a number of offensive posts on the account.
“Only for the document, I used to be racist earlier than it was cool,” the account reportedly posted in July final 12 months.
“You possibly can not pay me to marry exterior of my ethnicity,” the account wrote on X – a social media platform owned by Musk – in September.
“Normalize Indian hate,” the account wrote the identical month a few submit noting the prevalence of individuals from India in Silicon Valley.
The racist submit towards Indians got here at a time when Musk was going through criticism from some supporters of US President Donald Trump for his help for hiring expert international staff within the tech sector following the appointment of Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-origin enterprise capitalist, to guide synthetic intelligence coverage within the Trump administration.
In one other submit, the account reportedly mentioned it “wouldn’t thoughts in any respect if Gaza and Israel have been each wiped off the face of the Earth.”
Elon Musk Says “To Err Is Human”
Following Marko Elez’s resignation, Elon Musk requested his 216 million followers on X if he ought to reinstate the “DOGE staffer who made inappropriate statements through a now-deleted pseudonym.”
About 78 per cent of the three,85,000 respondents voted “sure,” prompting Musk to announce: “He can be introduced again. To err is human, to forgive divine.”
Carry again @DOGE staffer who made inappropriate statements through a now deleted pseudonym?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
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He can be introduced again.
To err is human, to forgive divine. https://t.co/TV6SJIb5P6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
Elez’s resignation got here after a court docket dominated that he and one other DOGE employee staffer proceed to entry the non-public info of tens of millions of Individuals stored in Treasury cost techniques.
Musk and his DOGE workforce have been tasked by Trump to hold out cuts to the US authorities.
Trump, JD Vance Need Musk To Rehire Marko Elez
US Vice President JD Vance — whose spouse (Usha Vance) and kids have Indian heritage — additionally responded to Musk’s ballot and mentioned he “clearly disagrees with a few of Elez’s posts”, however does not suppose “silly social media exercise ought to damage a child’s life”.
“We should not reward journalists who attempt to destroy individuals. Ever. So I say convey him again. If he is a nasty dude or a horrible member of the workforce, fireplace him for that,” he wrote on X.
Here is my view:
I clearly disagree with a few of Elez’s posts, however I do not suppose silly social media exercise ought to damage a child’s life.
We should not reward journalists who attempt to destroy individuals. Ever.
So I say convey him again.
If he is a nasty dude or a horrible member of… https://t.co/OgG6Z3hKPE
— JD Vance (@JDVance) February 7, 2025
Donald Trump additionally backed Vance and informed reporters within the White Home that he supported his stance.
Requested about Elez at a information convention, he mentioned he did not know the previous DOGE staffer.
“I do not know in regards to the specific factor, but when the vp mentioned that – did you say that? – I am with the vp,” Trump mentioned.
