U.S. Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) recently celebrated Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s decision to reject a deal from the Trump administration, leading to a public dispute with Stephen Miller.
Trump adviser Stephen Miller chimed in on that post, writing, “MIT is a federally funded and financed institution. The US government asked MIT, as one of America’s largest recipients of taxpayer dollars, to certify that students and professors will be hired based on objective merit and not skin color.”
“Undergrad tuition is privately funded at MIT with a few exceptions like Pell grants which apply to all colleges,” Massie wrote. “I trust MIT more than any party at the White House to know which 18 yr olds can solve differential equations. Also, Feds policing speech on campuses is Orwellian.”
Of course, the modern day Hardy boys (Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie) are the tag team carrying this out. So, it appears Peter Thiel’s coup to oust Miller has officially begun (finger crossed).
While I will be very glad to see him go, just a quick reminder that Thiel never gets rid of somebody before he’s used them to accomplish something that he needed done, but didn’t want associated with himself. Or, until he has somebody else lined up to replace them.
I would guess what he needed Miller to accomplish and be the face of, is the National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, which potentially makes any opposition to Trump or the GOP, a crime of domestic terrorism.
If Massie truly feels this way about MIT, you might think he would also argue that the memo is a bit “Orwellian,” but arguing that also probably earns you a spot on the list for commiting a thought crime.
While just about everyone will be glad to see Miller leave, (even moreso than Musk), just remember, he doesn’t take the authoritarian policy he’s already put in place with him.
Massie is an MIT alum