Summary

Elon Musk called for the firing of Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Long after she exposed racist tweets from Marko Elez, a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee who later resigned.

Long’s report revealed Elez had posted remarks promoting racism and eugenics.

“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” Elez posted in July, according to the Journal’s review of archived posts.

Musk, who claims to support free speech, labeled Long “disgusting and cruel” and demanded that she should be fired.

Critics noted the hypocrisy of Musk advocating for a journalist’s removal over accurate reporting on a public official’s misconduct.

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    14 hours ago

    they keep saying he’s part of the government, but congress never vetted and confirmed him… he doesn’t have security clearance….

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      12 hours ago

      he’s part of the government, but congress never vetted

      So just like the rest of the Trump kakistocracy, then.

      With the way the Dems, King, and even Bernie are rolling over and letting them do almost everything they want, they’re not gonna start bothering with vetting now.