Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters got into a heated confrontation with CNN host Pamela Brown. over public schools Using the Bible in lessons.
The “CNN Newsroom” host began his segment with Walters by asking him about the reaction amid the ongoing lawsuit over his mandate to include the Bible and the Ten Commandments in public schools.
“I continue to hear gaslighting from the left, even from this network, with lies being spread about what’s happening across America,” Walters said. “President Trump has a clear mandate. He wants prayer back in school. He wants to take the radical left out of the classroom, wants our kids to be patriots, wants parents to be in charge of school choice. We are working on that agenda here in Oklahoma. This is what our parents want. Every county in Oklahoma voted for President Trump. “His agenda is very clear, and we are going to implement it in the state of Oklahoma.”
“I won’t pay attention to what you said about gaslighting this network,” Brown responded after a question on a petition against his mandate.
“You know, I applaud you for pushing that leftist narrative here, but here’s the reality. Constitution – Walters said before Brown interrupted.
“This is not a leftist narrative,” Brown said. “I’m literally talking about the petition that’s been signed by parents, which has over 14,000 signatures that have raised this issue.”
Walters replied that the Constitution Was outspoken about religious freedom and “the left does not want our children to know anything about the role the Bible has played in American history.”
Brown argued that the Constitution is “not clear on this at all” and “doesn’t have God in it”.
“Look, CNN doesn’t have to like it. Activists on the left don’t have to like it,” Walters said.
“I am just talking about the facts. That’s not my opinion,” Brown responded.
“It is a historical document. The Bible is a historical document. You can’t rewrite history, okay?” Walters said.
Brown continued to pressure Walters to teach the graphic parts of the Bible and whether other religious texts such as the Quran or the Book of Mormon should also be focused on.
Walters told that the Bible Uniquely influenced American history in a way that other religions did not.
“And, again, look, the media doesn’t have to like it, but the reality is, the American people have rejected this gaslighting and returned President Trump to the White House with a clear agenda, And we will stand behind the President every step of the way,” Walters said.
“Okay. And, again, to be clear, it’s not that the media doesn’t like it,” Brown concluded. “I’m talking about your critics and whether you accept their point of view. We’re willing to consider, because, as you know, you oversee the entire education system in the state of Oklahoma with people with different viewpoints. And we want to bring that to light.”
Walters enacted his mandate to include the Bible in schools and The Ten Commandments in the grades 5-10 curriculum in June.
However, many Oklahoma schools insisted that they would not change their curriculum to include the Bible.
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