Musk reinstates DOGE staffer who resigned over racist posts after JD Vance leads outcry

Elon Musk said Friday that a Department of Government Efficiency staffer who resigned this week after social media posts surfaced of him advocating for racism and eugenics was reinstated. The move came after Vice President JD Vance led an outcry for his return.

"He will be brought back. To err is human, to forgive divine," Musk wrote on X in response to a post by Vance calling for Marko Elez, a 25-year-old software engineer, to rejoin DOGE.

Elez resigned from DOGE after the Wall Street Journal inquired about racist comments made on a deleted social account...