"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 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.