A top employee at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency resigned after facing backlash over his previous ‘racist’ social media posts, reported news outlet NPR. In his now-deleted posts, the DOGE staffer had asked people to “normalise Indian hate” and also objected to the United States government’s stance on immigration in past.
Marko Elez of DOGE was working closely with the United States Treasury Department and had access to highly sensitive data, including banking details of millions of Americans.
Ex-DOGE staffer’s comments on ‘Indian hate’, ‘eugenic immigration’, etc
According to NPR report, a social media account connected to Marko Elez had posted, “Normalize Indian hate,” in September 2024. In another social media post, Marko Elez targeted the previous US government over immigration policy and wrote, “I just want a eugenic immigration policy, is that too much to ask.”
“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” NPR quoted Elez’s social media post made in July last year. “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity,” read another post.
Rising concern over Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative
A White House official confirmed Marko Elez’s resignation to NPR. Following the appointment of Elez and other people as DOGE staff, Elon Musk’s initiative has been questioned by several lawmakers. Two unions of the federal employees and another group filed a lawsuite against Treasury Department over violation of privacy laws, according to NPR’s report.
Elez’s access to the Treasury payment system had raised alarms over whether sensitive data, including banking information of millions of Americans, is being shared with Musk and his allies.
Two unions representing federal employees and an advocacy group representing retirees sued the Treasury Department, accusing it of violating federal privacy laws.
This is a picture of Marko Elez, a top DOGE Staffer, who just resigned after Racist Tweets were uncovered.
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