MIT disputes this claim, naturally. Is it really so hard to believe?
The College Fix reports:
MIT disputes claim it canceled Pompeo speech to avoid offending Chinese studentsMassachusetts Institute of Technology recently disputed the claim by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that it canceled his speech over concerns about offending students from China.The allegations surround a planned speech in 2020, but only came to light after Secretary Pompeo published a book in January, which made the claim.He is considered a potential candidate for president in 2024 and served in President Donald Trump’s administration as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency as well.In the memoir titled “Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love,” Pompeo wrote that MIT canceled his planned speech about the Chinese Communist Party’s influence in higher education.Pompeo’s team set up a speech at MIT but later “received a call a couple weeks before [the] scheduled remarks,” Pompeo (pictured) wrote.“‘We’re sorry, but we will be unable to host the secretary on our campus,’ came the message. In the end, the president of MIT, Rafael Reif, made clear that the risk of offending his Chinese students was too great.”MIT disagreed with Pompeo’s claims.Spokesperson Kimberly Allen referred The College Fix to a Twitter thread where the university explained that it never approved the event due to limitations on large gatherings as a result of the outbreak of COVID.
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