Marko Elez JD Vance Elon Musk: Donald Trump reacts to ‘India-hater’ Marko Elez’s exit from DOGE, says ‘no matter JD Vance…’

Donald Trump mentioned if JD Vance mentioned Marko Elez ought to be employed again by DOGE, then he stands with the VP.

President Donald Trump was requested in regards to the controversial exit of Marko Elez from Elon Musk‘s Division of Authorities Effectivity over his previous social media posts in certainly one of which he known as himself ‘racist’ and in addition known as for normalizing India hate. Trump mentioned he was not conscious of it but when Vice President JD Vance is in favor of rehiring the individual, he’s with the VP.

“Nicely I do not find out about that individual factor but when the Vice President mentioned so..did you say that? (turning to JD), I am with the VP,” Trump mentioned.

Who’s Marko Elez? What’s the controversy?

Marko Elez is a 25-year-old lieutenant of Elon Musk who apparently resigned from DOGE, the Wall Avenue Journal reported. WSJ reported that Elez made some problematic posts on social media by way of a pseudonym account which was closed in December in all probability when he began to work for DOGE however lots of these White supremacist posts have been archived. WSJ mentioned after they contacted White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt for a touch upon Elez’s previous posts, Leavitt mentioned Elez resigned from DOGE.
His previous posts included: “Only for the file, I used to be racist earlier than it was cool.”; “You would not pay me to marry outdoors of my ethnicity. Normalize Indian hate” and many others.
Elon Musk ran a ballot on X on whether or not to rehire him and the utmost votes have been in favor of rehiring him. Even JD Vance mentioned Elez shouldn’t be victimized for his previous social media actions which turned one other main controversy — as Vance is married to Indian-origin Usha Vance and he didn’t name out the India hate.

JD Vance vs Ro Khanna over India-hate

JD Vance mentioned he “clearly” disagrees with a few of Elez’s posts however he additionally thinks that previous social media exercise shouldn’t break Elez’s life. Indian-origin Democrat chief Ro Khanna took offence to Vance’s stand and requested him whether or not Vance would search an apology from Elez for his “normalize Indian hate” assertion. “Simply asking for the sake of each of our youngsters,” Ro Khanna wrote.
“For the sake of each of our youngsters? Develop up,” JD Vance mentioned. “Racist trolls on the web, whereas offensive, do not threaten my children. You realize what does? A tradition that denies grace to individuals who make errors. A tradition that encourages congressmen to behave like whiny youngsters.”

Did Ro Khanna blackmail JD Vance?

JD Vance known as Ro Khanna’s assertion emotional blackmail. “I do not fear about my children making errors, or growing views they later remorse. I do not even fear that a lot about trolls on the web. You realize what I do fear about, Ro? That they will develop as much as be a US Congressmen who engages in emotional blackmail over a child’s social media posts. You disgust me,” Vance mentioned.