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

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk takes his seat at the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th U.S. President in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025.

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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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