Musk Polls whether DOGE Staffer who made Racist Posts Need To Return
DOGE head Elon Musk is carrying out an online poll about whether to offer another possibility to his 25-year-old aide who resigned after his posts in favor of eugenics were revealed.
Musk's online survey came hours after Marko Elez, the aide who was battling to gain access to a database with Treasury payments totaling trillions, stepped down.
He resigned after posts under a pseudonym, consisting of a call to 'normalize' Indian hate, were unearthed. One bragged he was 'racist before it was cool.'
Musk, whose genuine and perceived impact has actually grown to the point that he is envisioned on the cover of the latest Time publication seated behind the presidential Resolute Desk, raised the concern in the kind of a question.
'Bring back @DOGE staffer who made inappropriate statements through a now deleted pseudonym?' the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla founder asked.
The poll rapidly brought in 4 million views on X, showing Musk's reach on the platform he bought and renamed.
His poll only allows users to respond with a 'yes' or 'no.'
The results were unambiguous. Out of almost 400,000 reactions, those who took part favored the reinstatement of Elez by 78 percent to 22 percent.
But Musk offered more clarity on his posture in action to another X user.
S.E. Robinson, who explains himself as a details broker for numerous Musk business, published that Elez 'should have a 2nd possibility ... Seriously however, have a speak with about the racist stuff. Not cool.'
DOGE head Elon Musk published an online poll asking whether Marko Elez, who resigned after racist posts were discovered, should be restored. Elez graduated with a computer system science degree from Rutgers University and went on to work for Musk's SpaceX, asystechnik.com Starlink, and X, with a focus predominately in AI
'True,' Musk responded.
Elez's name only surfaced after a court battle over accessing Treasury's $5 trillion payment system.
Within hours, the Wall Street Journal had hounded his posts from a now-deleted account.
Musk currently lists his title on X as 'White House Tech Support', a cheeky missive that nonetheless indicates the importance of the information his young team is looking for to gain access to.
Musk's survey, supplying a potential ammunition for Elez to be restored, comes as DOGE is under increased analysis for gaining access to government company details systems.
He is putting senior federal government authorities on leave as he looks for $1 trillion in cost savings by personnel.
DOGE notified 9,400 USAID workers they will be fired, with plans only to retain 611 considered important.
It came as the company suddenly remembered workers stationed overseas as part of its foreign support objective, provoking wails from congressional Democrats that Trump was in effect getting rid of an agency authorized and moneyed by Congress.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been called acting head of the agency.
President Trump has actually long been known to be careful of aides who eclipse him in the spotlight. In case the Time cover photo wasn't helpful, Musk left no doubt online about his appreciation for Trump.
'I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight man can enjoy another man,' he published.
Elez was among 2 employees at the Department of Government Efficiency gave access to $5trillion in the Treasury payment systems following an 11th hour court hearing on Thursday.
But by Thursday afternoon, the 25-year-old trusted Musk ally had actually resigned after The Wall Street Journal probed his links to the since-deleted social media account.
According to the publication, the X account 'promoted repealing the Civil liberty Act and backed a "eugenic immigration policy".'
Other posts apparently read 'You could not pay me to marry exterior of my ethnic background', and 'stabilize Indian hate.'
Another supposedly read: 'Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.'
The account also weighed in on the Israel-Palestine crisis, with a post that checked out: 'I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth.'
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later said that Elez had resigned from his function.
Elez finished with a computer technology degree from Rutgers University and went on to work for Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, and X, with a focus predominately in AI.
Musk conducted a survey about restoring a DOGE staffer he said made 'improper declarations'
Marko Elez was among 2 employees at the Department of Government Efficiency gave access to $5trillion in the Treasury payment systems following an 11th hour court hearing on Thursday
Musk has been happily documenting the work of DOGE on X, sparking protests on the streets as furious lefties shout 'Deport Musk,' 'Down with Trump' and 'Do your Job Congress!'
It follows a desperate court request to limit DOGE's access to Treasury's $5trillion system - the very first misstep for the nascent agency after weeks of ruthlessly purging federal institutions to remove waste and overspending.
Over the coming days and weeks, the court's decision on personal privacy issues about DOGE's access to the data will be a monumental test of their power to infiltrate and wipe out federal government costs.
Lawyers with the Justice Department consented to a motion that allows just two people related to Musk 'read-only' access to the system - consisting of income tax return and social security numbers - on the condition that they do not share what they find with coworkers.
Those 2 employees were Musk disciples Tom Krause and Elez.
Virginia Congressman Don Beyer explained Elez' resignation as 'a scandal.'
'Elon Musk provided a self-described 'racist' and eugenicist access to a system that manages all monetary payments from the U.S. Treasury,' he said.
'That system also contains the individual details including Social Security details of every American.
'This is why we have a process to veterinarian civil servants, and why we hire and promote them based on benefit, not their individual relationship to some abundant guy.
'How dare Elon Musk bully and threaten excellent individuals who invested their professions serving the American people when he brings this level of gross incompetence to his work.'
He demanded everybody who was involved in working with Elez be 'fired' and said DOGE 'ought to be erased' in its entirety.
Musk has actually faced criticism for his decision to work with a carefully picked team of young, college aged males to assist him purge federal companies and get rid of waste.
This week, six men aged between 19 and 25 were openly identified as DOGE workers.
The oldest of the bunch is 25-year-old Berkeley graduate Gavin Kliger, who while not recognized as having leading level clearance has already proven he wields considerable power.
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