ā€˜Betraying the Honor of Your Own Wifeā€™: JD Vance Brutally Dragged for Defending Musk Aide Who Posted, ā€˜Normalize Indian Hateā€™
www.mediaite.com
Vice President JD Vance defended a staffer with Elon Musk's "Department of Government Efficiency" after the 25-year-old was found to have made blatantly racist statements last year. On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal identified an X account belonging to Marko Elez, who is one of the young DOGE employees running roughshod over various federal agencies. ā€œJust

Summary

JD Vance defended Marko Elez, a 25-year-old Musk aide after racist posts surfaced, including ā€œNormalize Indian hate.ā€

Elez resigned but was reinstated following Vanceā€™s support, despite Vanceā€™s wife being of Indian descent. Vance dismissed criticism, arguing past social media posts shouldnā€™t ruin careers.

Musk backed Elez after a public poll. Rep. Ro Khanna challenged Vance, who responded dismissively, sparking backlash.

The incident has intensified scrutiny of Muskā€™s hiring practices and Vanceā€™s stance on racism.

  • MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world
    95Ā·
    2 days ago

    Right. So if I have he/him in my email signature I get fired. But if i have hugely racist and problematic tweets that are less than a year old while having almost no experience or credentials whatsoever other than being a little buddy buddy with Musk I get to push out dangerous untested code to the most important payment system in the country so musk can block social security benefits for Grandma like he blocks tweets talking about how terrible a father he is. Got it.