Musk polled whether to "bring back @DOGE staffer who made inappropriate statements," referring to Marko Elez, who made inflammatory social media posts including calling to "normalize Indian hate."

DOGE officials have been active at USAID, Veterans Affairs, Treasury and elsewhere, but little is publicly known about their work.

Elon Musk launched a poll on his social media platform X Friday to ask followers if he should rehire Marko Elez, a 25-year-old software engineer who had been working on the DOGE project that’s currently ransacking the federal government.