Vance: Bring back DOGE staffer who resigned after racist posts surfaced
- JD Vance, the US Vice President, called for the reinstatement of Marko Elez, a DOGE staffer who resigned after racist posts surfaced, stating that "Stupid social media activity should ruin a kid's life".
- Ro Khanna, an Indian-origin Congressman, criticized Vance's stance, questioning if Elez should apologize for his comments, including "Normalize Indian hate".
- Elon Musk conducted a poll on X, where 78% of respondents favored bringing back Elez, despite the controversy surrounding his past posts.
- President Donald Trump expressed support for Vance's call to rehire Elez, stating, "If the Vice President said that...".
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JD Vance’s Redeeming Grace
In this age of cancel culture, the legacy media likes nothing more than claiming a scalp. We saw it play out in Washington this week with the abrupt resignation of a 25-year-old DOGE staffer named Marko Elez, whose now-deleted X posts were the subject of a Wall Street Journal exposé. Thanks to the intervention of Vice President JD Vance, Elez will get a second chance. We’re fortunate to have a vice president whose Catholic faith teaches repentan…
Vance Calls for Grace Over Social Media Posts, While Australia Passes Harsh New Speech Laws · Caldron Pool
While J.D. Vance, Vice President of the United States, advocates for grace toward teens engaging in online trolling, Australia has implemented strict new “hate speech” laws that could lead to citizens being jailed for up to seven years. The debate ignited online after Elon Musk announced he would rehire a staffer who had resigned following reports of “racist” social media posts, including: “Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” …
Congressman, JD Vance's X war as DOGE staffer who quit over racist posts reinstated
Marko Elez resigned from DOGE after the Wall Street Journal published a report linking him to a now-deleted account on X, where he made some racist posts. In one post last September, Elez reportedly said, "You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity,” and in another one, he wrote, "Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.”
‘Bring him back’: Elon Musk, JD Vance after DOGE staff quits over racist posts ‘Normalise Indian hate’; Ro Khanna fumes
Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance support Marko Elez, who resigned from DOGE over past racist comments. Elez's deleted posts included 'normalise Indian hate' and criticism of US immigration policy
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