DOGE chief Musk asks X users if staffer who quit over racist tweets should be rehired

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Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk on Friday launched a poll on his social media platform X asking users if a staffer at his DOGE team should be rehired after resigning over the exposure of tweets advocating for racism and eugenics.

“Bring back @DOGE staffer who made inappropriate statements via a now deleted pseudonym?” Musk wrote on a tweet, which carried the options “yes” and “no” for users to click on.

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