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Ryan Walters: “Everything in education has gotten worse since before we had…”

Featuring: Ryan Walters, Republican | Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction

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They don't want any of our kids to know about the Constitution. Our religious liberties are protected. And the left has driven the Bible out of schools, driven prayer out of schools. And Everything in education has gotten worse since before we had a federal Department of Education. and we had the Bible and prayer in school. Guess what? We were leading the free world. This was the greatest country in the world. And we have seen every statistic has gotten worse. (03:00–03:05)

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Asserts that education has worsened since the establishment of the federal Department of Education.

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