--- title: "Elon Musk Asks If He Can Re-Hire His Incredibly Racist DOGE Boy" description: "Sorely Missed Just the other day, a young Department of Government Efficiency staffer resigned after his incredibly racist tirades on social media came to light.  Now, Elon Musk is already seeing if he can have him back. Ever the civil servant, the self-styled \"First Buddy\" floated the idea via a poll on X — his alleged institution of democratic governance. \"Bring back @DOGE staffer who made inappropriate statements via now deleted pseudonym?\" Musk wrote Friday morning. With over 385,000 votes cast, 78 percent answered, \"Yes.\" \"Big Balls deserves a 2nd chance...\" opined one Musk fan, seemingly confusing Elez with the […]" date: "2025-02-07" modified: "2025-02-07" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/musk-rehire-racist-doge-boy" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "doge" - "elon musk" - "governance" - "marko elez" --- # Elon Musk Asks If He Can Re-Hire His Incredibly Racist DOGE Boy ![Elon Musk floated the idea of bring back the 25-year-old DOGE staffer who resigned after his racist online posts were discovered.]() *\Image: Threads\* Just yesterday, a young Department of Government Efficiency staffer resigned after his [incredibly racist tirades]() on social media came to light. Now, his former boss Elon Musk is already seeing if he can have him back. Ever the civil servant, the self-styled "[First Buddy]()" floated the idea via a poll on X — his favored [institution of democratic governance](). "Bring back @DOGE staffer who made inappropriate statements via now deleted pseudonym?" Musk [wrote]() Friday morning. With over 385,000 votes cast, 78 percent answered, "Yes." "Big Balls deserves a 2nd chance..." [opined]() one Musk fan, seemingly confusing Elez with the 19-year-old DOGE staffer with the [crude online moniker](). "Seriously though, have a talk to about the racist stuff. Not cool." "True," Musk [replied](). Who was this erstwhile DOGE lackey? 25-year-old Marko Elez, among the group's lieutenants who [seized access to the Treasury Department's payment system](). An [investigation by ]()*[The Wall Street Journal]()* found that Elez, a Rutgers alum and computer science major, used a recently-deleted X account to boast about his racist beliefs and advocate for eugenics. "Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool," read one post made in July. In September, Elez tweeted that "You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." "Normalize Indian hate," he suggested that same month. Would it also surprise you to learn that he weighed in on Israel's invasion of Gaza in a way that managed to piss literally everyone off? "I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth," Elez tweeted in June. "Inappropriate statements," indeed. *This* is the guy that Elon wants back, who he trusts to systematically hollow out the federal government? Well, according to Vice President JD Vance, maybe he deserves a shot at redemption. "I obviously disagree with some of Elez's posts, but I don't think stupid social media activity should ruin a kid's life," Vance [tweeted in response]() to Elon's poll, admonishing journalists for trying to "destroy" Elez's life. "So I say bring him back." "If he's a bad dude or a terrible member of the team, fire him for that," Vance added. Yes, Elez is still pretty young. But you might argue that gloating about how racist you are might make you a bad dude. He can still turn things around — but redemption doesn't mean he has to be let back into an operation to determine the very functioning of the federal government. Plus, he might be better off not being in constant proximity to Musk, who makes [racist rants]() with impunity — not to mention [Nazi salutes](). **More on DOGE:** *[Elon's DOGE Boy Who "Resigned" Was Apparently Doing Something Very Naughty With the Treasury's Code]()* ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()