To be clear, there are two different staffers. The one in your link resigned yesterday and (apparently) may be coming back. The linked article is about another one.
Oh yes, you're correct actually. The one I linked about was mentioned at the end of the article but the article makes clear that Elon Musk actually did hire multiple people with explicitly racist ties because they are not dealbreakers to him.
Jtsummers|1 year ago
And then there's this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976761
kevincrane|1 year ago