Summary

JD Vance defended Marko Elez, a 25-year-old Musk aide after racist posts surfaced, including “Normalize Indian hate.”

Elez resigned but was reinstated following Vance’s support, despite Vance’s wife being of Indian descent. Vance dismissed criticism, arguing past social media posts shouldn’t ruin careers.

Musk backed Elez after a public poll. Rep. Ro Khanna challenged Vance, who responded dismissively, sparking backlash.

The incident has intensified scrutiny of Musk’s hiring practices and Vance’s stance on racism.

  • MataVatnik@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It’s a class war, Peter Theil is gay, JD Vance is married to an Indian woman, and Elon Musk is an immigrant. The rich aren’t racists, homophobic or nativist, or any of that. The only demographic they hate is poor people.

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      7 hours ago

      You mean the only demographic they love is money, power, and themselves

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      1 day ago

      Elon musk is a white immigrant, and they are cool with white refugees, per the executive order to prioritize getting white South Africans in.

      Multiple of these people have had their wives insulted by the movement, but at the end of the day even if they are their wives, they are “just women” so no big deal for them.