DOGE head Elon Musk is carrying out an online poll about whether to provide another chance to his 25-year-old aide who resigned after his posts in favor of eugenics were exposed.
Musk's online poll came hours after Marko Elez, the aide who was fighting to gain access to a database with Treasury payments amounting to trillions, stepped down.
He resigned after posts under a pseudonym, including a call to 'stabilize' Indian hate, were discovered. One bragged he was 'racist before it was cool.'
Musk, whose genuine and perceived impact has grown to the point that he is imagined on the cover of the current Time publication seated behind the presidential Resolute Desk, raised the issue in the form of a question.
'Revive @DOGE staffer who made inappropriate declarations via a now erased pseudonym?' the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla founder asked.
The poll rapidly attracted 4 million views on X, showing Musk's reach on the platform he bought and relabelled.
His poll only allows users to respond with a 'yes' or 'no.'
The results were unambiguous. Out of nearly 400,000 actions, those who participated preferred the reinstatement of Elez by 78 percent to 22 percent.
But Musk gave 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, posted that Elez 'deserves a 2nd opportunity ... Seriously however, have a talk to about the racist things. Not cool.'
DOGE head Elon Musk posted an online poll asking whether Marko Elez, who resigned after racist posts were unearthed, need to be brought back. 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
'True,' Musk responded.
Elez's name only appeared after a court battle over accessing Treasury's $5 trillion payment system.
Within hours, the Wall Street Journal had actually pursued his posts from a now-deleted account.
Musk currently notes his title on X as 'White House Tech Support', a cheeky missive that nevertheless indicates the value of the data his young group is looking for to gain access to.
Musk's poll, supplying a potential ammo for Elez to be renewed, comes as DOGE is under increased analysis for gaining access to federal government agency details systems.
He is putting senior government authorities on leave as he looks for $1 trillion in savings by slashing staff.
DOGE informed 9,400 USAID staff members they will be fired, with plans just to retain 611 considered essential.
It came as the firm suddenly recalled employees stationed overseas as part of its foreign support mission, 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 named acting head of the agency.
President Trump has long been understood to be cautious of aides who eclipse him in the spotlight. In case the Time cover picture wasn't useful, Musk left no doubt online about his affection for Trump.
'I like @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight guy can enjoy another guy,' he posted.
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 'advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act and backed a "eugenic immigration policy".'
Other posts presumably check out 'You could not pay me to marry exterior of my ethnicity', 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 cleaned off the face of the Earth.'
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later said that Elez had resigned from his function.
Elez graduated 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 carried out a survey about reviving a DOGE staffer he said made 'unsuitable declarations'
Marko Elez was among 2 staff members 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 actually been happily recording the work of DOGE on X, sparking demonstrations on the streets as furious lefties shout 'Deport Musk,' 'Down with Trump' and 'Do your Job Congress!'
It comes after a last-ditch court demand to restrict DOGE's access to Treasury's $5trillion system - the very first misstep for the nascent firm after weeks of ruthlessly purging federal institutions to eliminate waste and overspending.
Over the coming days and weeks, the court's choice on personal privacy concerns about DOGE's access to the data will be a huge test of their power to penetrate and erase federal government spending.
Lawyers with the Justice Department agreed to a motion that allows just 2 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 colleagues.
Those 2 workers were Musk disciples Tom Krause and Elez.
Virginia Congressman Don Beyer explained Elez' resignation as 'a scandal.'
'Elon Musk offered a self-described 'racist' and eugenicist access to a system that controls all from the U.S. Treasury,' he said.
'That system likewise contains the individual details including Social Security details of every American.
'This is why we have a procedure to vet 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 careers serving the American individuals when he brings this level of gross incompetence to his work.'
He demanded everybody who was associated with working with Elez be 'fired' and said DOGE 'needs to be erased' in its whole.
Musk has dealt with criticism for his choice to employ a carefully picked group of young, college aged men to assist him purge federal firms and remove waste.
This week, six males aged between 19 and 25 were publicly recognized as DOGE staff members.
The oldest of the lot is 25-year-old Berkeley graduate Gavin Kliger, wiki.myamens.com who while not determined as having leading level clearance has already shown he wields significant power.
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Musk Polls whether DOGE Staffer who made Racist Posts should Return
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