Here’s how it started:
Marko Elez, 25, and one of the DOGE “Lost Boys”, resigned from DOGE after The Wall Street Journal asked the White House about comments he made on a now-deleted social media account, which include gems such as:
- “Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool”
- “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity”
- “Normalize Indian hate.”
While a few of the DOGE boys are on the young side, Elez is in his mid-twenties. And those posts weren’t made out of the poor judgement of adolescence — many of them were made just last year, when he was 24. I think that’s old enough to know better.
That situation didn’t last long, however. Elon being Elon, he posted a poll on Xitter, and Xitter being Xitter, responded predictably:
And you knew that the Manchurian Cantaloupe was going to Manchurian Cantaloupe:
For the next part, you need to know that Vice President JD Vance’s wife Usha — of whom he wrote: “The sad fact is that I couldn’t do it without Usha. Even at my best, I’m a delayed explosion — I can be defused, but only with skill and precision” — is of Indian descent, having been born in the U.S. to Indian parents.
So this should have been surprising, but Vance is a weather vane, turning whichever way the wind blows:
In fact, he “led the outcry” to reinstate Elez:
Vance also Xitted (or is it xhat?):
Now, getting fired won’t ruin Elez’ life — it happens. And hey, isn’t his administration hell-bent on firing lots of people? He doesn’t seem all bent out of shape about that.
And…
Dude, your wife is Indian! And your kids are of Indian descent! You might want to show a little decency, backbone, and husband-like loyalty, and you know, stand up for them?!
I hope the United States Naval Observatory (the official residence of the Vice President) has a comfy couch, because JD might be sleeping on it tonight.
Also: Don’t confuse Marko Elez with this other racist on the DOGE team…
The guy referred to in the news story above? Totally different DOGE racist. That particular racist is Gavin Kliger, and like Elez, he can’t be fired because they need him to fire people.