A former White House staffer working on the DOGE project, an initiative aimed at reducing government spending by former President Donald Trump, was found to have promoted racist and eugenicist views on a now-deleted social media account. Marko Elez, 25, departed his role after media inquiries revealed the account, which had posted alarming content such as 'I was racist before it was cool' and 'Normalize Indian hate.' The account owner also claimed to be employed by SpaceX and Starlink, companies owned by Elon Musk, who is backing the DOGE project. Reports indicate Elez had access to Treasury Department systems responsible for managing most U.S. government payments, raising concerns about the security implications of his actions.
asked the White House about ties between the staffer and a deleted social media account that promoted racism and eugenics, the paper reported Thursday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to the Journal that the staffer in question, 25-year-old Marko Elez, departed his role after the outlet inquired about an alarming X account possibly belonging to him. The account, which was deleted in December, once carried the handle @marko_elez and had posted multiple racist comments, including: “Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity” and “Normalize Indian hate.
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