Musk Says He Will Bring Back DOGE Staffer Who Resigned After A Report Of Racist Postings | EUROtoday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk stated on Friday he’s re-hiring a employees member on the Department of Government Efficiency who resigned a day earlier after he was linked to social media posts that espoused racism.

Musk, in a put up on his social media community X, stated he would carry again Marko Elez after Vice President JD Vance referred to as for him to be rehired. President Donald Trump later endorsed his vp’s view.

Marko Elez resigned Thursday after The Wall Street Journal linked the 25-year-old DOGE staffer to a deleted social media account on X that posted final yr, “I was racist before it was cool” and “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity,” amongst different posts.

The account in September included a put up that stated, “Normalize Indian hate.” The vp’s spouse, Usha Vance, is the daughter of Indian immigrants.

Vance, in a put up on Musk-owned X, stated Elez must be introduced again and blamed “journalists who try to destroy people.”

“I obviously disagree with some of Elez’s posts, but I don’t think stupid social media activity should ruin a kid’s life,” Vance stated.

“I’m with the vice president,” Trump instructed a information convention Friday.

Just a few hours later, Musk posted: “He will be brought back. To err is human, to forgive divine.”

The White House didn’t instantly reply to a message Friday confirming if Elez had been rehired. The administration earlier within the day had confirmed Elez’ resignation.

The vp stated Elez must be fired “if he’s a bad dude or a terrible member of the team.”

Elez didn’t reply to a message searching for remark Friday.

Elez was amongst two DOGE staff who had been on the heart of an argument this week once they accessed the U.S. Treasury Department’s fee system, prompting a courtroom problem and a decide’s determination to limit their entry.

In its report, The Wall Street Journal discovered a since-deleted account beneath the deal with @nullllptr with a person described as an worker at SpaceX and Starlink, two of Musk’s firms. The account beforehand glided by the username @marko_elez.

Elez, in archives of his private web site, stated he labored for SpaceX and on its Starlink satellites, and at X.

Associated Press author Meg Kinnard in Columbia, S.C., contributed to this report.