Vice President J.D. Vance was hit with immediate mockery on Friday after he defended Marko Elez, the recently fired Department of Government Efficiency staffer who was exposed for making racist comments earlier this week.

Marko Elez resigned this week after a newspaper reported on social media posts decrying interracial marriage and promoting “Indian hate”

"This man has an Indian wife and children, and doesn’t even have the balls to stand up against racism towards them," one person wrote. "What a bad husband & dad."

Marko Elez resigned after The Wall Street Journal reported he had posted a message to X that included “normalize Indian hate.”

Vice President JD Vance on Friday morning called for the reinstatement of a Department of Government Efficiency staff member who had resigned after being linked to racist posts he made on X under a pseudonym — a position endorsed hours later by President Trump.

JD Vance, whose wife is the daughter of Indian immigrants, advocated Friday for the rehiring of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) engineer who was accused of posting “normalize Indian hate” on X.