'Normalise Indian hate': Elon Musk's 'highly trained' DOGE employee resigns after questions on racist posts online
World | Trending | This incident has sparked broader discussions on the responsibility of tech leaders to ensure ethical conduct among employees and the impact of social media misuse.
A 25-year-old staff member of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) resigned on Thursday (Feb 6) after questions were raised about his connection with a social media account promoting racism against various ethnicities, including Indians.
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The White House was questioned about Marko Elez, one of the two department staff members who gained access to the US Treasury's payment system. The second employee to have access isTom Krause, the chief executive of Cloud Software Group Inc.
Elez had a profile on Elon Musk's social media platform, where he supported "eugenic immigration policy."He also called for the repeal of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
In one of his posts in September 2024, Elez reportedly said one "can not pay" him for marrying outside his ethnicity.
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In another post, he referred to the Indian nationals working in the technology sector in Silicon Valley and encouraged others to "normalise Indian hate".
According to the Wall Street Journal, Elez had a post in which he said, "Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool."
US Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed his resignation.
As per WSJ, Elez posted in December 2024 that Indian workers in the US on H1B visas are "going back, don't worry guys."
Commenting on the Israel-Hamas conflict, the ex-DOGE member said, “I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth.”
This came after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with Bloomberg that he had personally reviewed the background of both employees of Musk's DOGE team.
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"These are highly trained professionals," he said in the interview.
(With inputs from agencies)
