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Related: About this forumRyan Walters, MAGA Superintendent Who Put Bibles in Schools, Faces Porn Investigation
Earlier DU thread: Probe underway after reports of nude women on Oklahoma state superintendent's office TV
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Source: The New Republic
MAGA Superintendent Who Put Bibles in Schools Faces Porn Investigation
Robert McCoy
Mon, July 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM EDT
3 min read
Ryan Walters, Oklahomas culture warrior superintendent of public instruction, is a self-avowed opponent of pornography in educationso much so that hes accused schools of pushing pornography for containing decidedly non-pornographic books like The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.
Now, hes under investigation after allegedly displaying a pornographic video on a TV in his office during the closed-door portion of a Board of Education meeting last week.
According to Oklahoma politics site NonDoc, board member Ryan Deatherage noticed the video on a screen in Walters office while a parent discussed appealing a district transfer denial. Deatherage says the video featured multiple nude women and some sort of chiropractic table.
As Deatherage considered how to broach the subject, fellow board member Becky Carsonthe only other person with a view of the screenspotted it too. I was like, What am I seeing? Carson told NonDoc. At first, she wondered, Is that woman naked? before thinking that shes got a body suit on. After noticing nipples and pubic hair, she realized, That is not a body suit.
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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-superintendent-put-bibles-schools-132537249.html
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A public morals crusader is a porn hound with self-control problems. Not on my bingo card, but not a surprise either.

Midnight Writer
(24,404 posts)I figured this guy was on the path to GOP Glory and we would be seeing him in Washington soon.
Hoping this will take the wind out of his sails.
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(15,333 posts)Marcuse
(8,577 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(166,992 posts)Ryan Walters was already controversial, but alleged images of naked women on his office television during a board meeting have made matters vastly worse.
Another religious fraud demanded bibles be placed in all classrooms in Oklahoma ⦠while he watched porn during an online meeting.
— @jimrissmiller.bsky.social 2025-07-29T20:03:27.083Z
Oklahoma schoolsâ chief faces investigation over adult content seen during board meeting www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/oklahoma-schools-chief-faces-investigation-adult-content-seen-board-me-rcna221674
A sheriffs office in Oklahoma is investigating an incident during a state Board of Education meeting last week that reportedly involved images of naked women on the state school superintendents office television. The images were seen during the boards executive session, held in Superintendent Ryan Walters office, The Oklahoman newspaper of Oklahoma City reported, citing members Ryan Deatherage and Becky Carson, who attended the meeting.
....Indeed, Walters isnt exactly benefiting from an outpouring of support from his fellow GOP officials. Two leading Republicans in the Legislature, including Senate President Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, issued a statement late last week on a separate investigation into the matter.
This is a bizarre and troubling situation that raises serious questions about the events and what took place during yesterdays executive session at the Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting, Paxton said. Board members accounts, he added, paint a strange, unsettling scene that demands clarity and transparency.
State House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, whos also a Republican, called the allegations serious and said that an expeditious third-party review is warranted......
Waters has called an Oklahoma teachers' union a terrorist organization. Hes partnered with a far-right propaganda outlet, bringing its materials into classrooms. He pushed a social studies curriculum guidance that directed educators to push pro-Trump conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.
At one point last fall, as my MSNBC colleague Jahan Jones noted, Waters even wanted to require schools to show children a video of him praying for Donald Trump though the state attorney generals office said that couldnt happen.
Its against this backdrop that the radical official is suddenly facing a new and unusual kind of mess. Watch this space.
LetMyPeopleVote
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