JD Vance puts down 'whiny' Democrat after he drags their kids into online spat

Vice President JD Vance got into a heated online spat with Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna aft the vice president called for the rehiring of a staffer who discontinue implicit racists post. 

The erstwhile unit subordinate successful question was Marko Elez, a erstwhile SpaceX worker who joined the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) nether billionaire Elon Musk. 

But the 25-year-old near his presumption aft the Wall Street Journal linked Elez to a present deleted social-media relationship wherever helium posted successful enactment of eugenics and advocated racism nether a pseudonym.

Some of the posts included 'Normalize Indian hate' and 'I was racist earlier it was cool.'  

On Friday morning, Musk posted connected X asking his much than 216 cardinal followers whether helium should bring backmost the unit who made what helium called 'inappropriate statements.'

That's erstwhile Vance alson chimed successful with his ain instrumentality connected X. 

'I evidently disagree with immoderate of Elez’s posts, but I don’t deliberation anserine societal media enactment should ruin a kid’s life,' wrote the vice president, whose woman Usha is the girl of Indian immigrants. 

Vance claimed they should not 'reward journalists who effort to destruct people,' truthful Elez should beryllium brought back. 

Khanna, who is besides the lad of Indian immigrants, responded to Vance online wherever helium asked the vice president whether helium would archer Elez 'to apologize for saying "Normalize Indian hate"' earlier he's rehired.

'Just asking for the involvement of some of our kids,' the progressive California lawmaker wrote. 

But that did not beryllium with the vice president who fired backmost little than 2 hours aboriginal 'For the involvement of some of our kids? Grow up.'

'Racist trolls connected the internet, portion offensive, don't endanger my kids,' Vance claimed.

'You cognize what does? A civilization that denies grace to radical who marque mistakes. A civilization that encourages congressmen to enactment similar whiny children,' the vice president continued. 

Khanna rapidly responded a 2nd clip wherever helium argued that nary 1 is 'denying grace to radical who marque mistakes,' successful different station connected X. 

'I respect Usha (praised her publicly) & defended your household from immoderate of the vicious attacks,' the congressman said, referencing the 2nd lady. 

'But if you are going to rehire idiosyncratic to correspond you & the USA, wherefore not importune helium apologize for saying "Normalize Indian hate?"' Khanna pressed. 

The statement implicit Elez did not conscionable rapidly escalate betwixt Vance and Khanna connected Friday. 

President Donald Trump was besides asked to measurement successful astatine his property league with the Japanese premier minister. 

Trump said helium was not acquainted with the posts from the ex-staffer but said if Vance had called for him to beryllium reinstated, helium would broadside with his vice president. 

The immense bulk of Musk's online X army also backed him bringing Elez back. 

But others blasted the determination and Vance's instrumentality connected it.

While Vance referred to the erstwhile DOGE staffer arsenic a 'kid,' immoderate X users pointed retired that helium is 25-years-old and posted the racist comments past year. 'He's 25' adjacent started trending connected the societal media app. 

Social media users besides argued if Elez was viewed arsenic liable capable to entree Americans' delicate accusation with a occupation astatine DOGE, helium should besides beryllium held liable for penning racist posts connected the internet.