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Texas Governor, Elon Musk Gloat Online About State Worker Fired for Refusing To Remove Pronouns From Email Signature

‘He was fired before noon,’ Wayne Abbott announced on X.

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Governor Abbott is being urged by a Texas lawmaker to send its undocumented prisoners to El Salvador. AP/Eric Gay
PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Texas Governor Abbott and DOGE head Elon Musk were among top political officials who gloated on social media over the firing of a state worker who was fired after he refused to remove his pronouns from his email signature line.

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PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.

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