Elon Musk revived the Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE) aides on Friday, a day after staff resigned following reports that he ran an inflammatory social media account.
Aide to Marco Erez, 25, resigned Thursday after the Wall Street Journal. link He reportedly went to a pseudonym X account containing racist posts. His return continued on Friday morning. Public opinion poll By asking users if they want to rehire Erez through masks, 78% of the over 385,000 participants voted yes. Vice President JD Vance also supported Erez's reinstatement, claiming that “we should not reward journalists who try to destroy people.”
“He'll be brought back,” Musk wrote. “False is human beings and forgive God.”
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He will be brought back.
Error is human beings and forgive God. https://t.co/tv6sjib5p6
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
Erez reportedly made several inflammatory statements in a now-deleted post, including a call to “normalize India's hatred.” According to Exguchi, the user boasted that he was “racist before he was cool,” adding that he “didn't pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.”
“I clearly disagree with some of Erez's posts, but I don't think stupid social media activities should ruin a child's life,” the vice president wrote after finishing the mask poll. Ta. “We should not reward journalists who try to destroy people. Until now. So I say I'll bring him back. If he's a bad guy or a terrible member of the team, fire him for that. .”
Here is my view:
I obviously disagree with some of Erez's posts, but I don't think stupid social media activities should ruin a child's life.
We should not reward journalists who try to destroy people. Until now.
So I say I'll bring him back.
If he's a bad guy or a terrible member… https://t.co/ogg6z3hkpe
– jd vance (@jdvance) February 7, 2025
Rep. Locanna, a Democrat who is a child of Indian immigrants, responded by asking Vance if Erez must apologise as a prerequisite for reinstatement, saying, “Looking for only for both of our children.” There's,” he added. Vance, whose wife is also a child of Indian immigrants, responded in a series of posts.
“For both of our children? Vance wrote. “Racists on the internet are offensive, but don't threaten my children. What are you doing? Did you know? A culture that denies grace for people who make mistakes. A culture that encourages lawmakers to act like a whimsical child.”
For both our kids? grow up.
The racists on the internet are offensive, but don't threaten my kids. Do you know what you're doing? A culture that denies grace for people who make mistakes. A culture that encourages lawmakers to act like a whimsical child. https://t.co/xpljhfk6bz
– jd vance (@jdvance) February 7, 2025
“I don't worry about my kids making mistakes or developing opinions that I regret later. I'm not too worried about trolls on the internet. You're worried about me. I know, RO? They'll grow up to become US lawmakers who engage in emotionally horrifying mail rather than children's social media posts,” the vice president continued. “You hate me.”
Asked about Vance's support for reinstatement, President Donald Trump repeatedly became Vice President during the White House Press conference With Ishida Kiyoshi, the Prime Minister of Japan.
“Well, I don't know about certain things, but if the Vice President said that – did you say that? I'm with the Vice President,” Trump said.
Last week, Erez appeared at the heart of the legal bill surrounding Doge's access to the Department of Treasury's delicate payment system and taxpayer data. US District Judge Colleen Collee Cotery agreed on Thursday to temporarily limit the ability of Erez and other Doge staff to share Treasury data outside the department, but “read-only” Access has been allowed to continue. (Related: Duke: Does Elon Musk have a Social Security Number?
Elez graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in computer science and then continued to work at SpaceX, particularly on Starlink satellites, according to the Wall Street Journal. He later worked at Musk again at X, where he focused on artificial intelligence.
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