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Ryan Walters: “We have the right to express our religious beliefs. We…”

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

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Oklahoma's top educator requires schools to play video of him praying for Trump

Published | Video Starts at 05:43

How is what you're trying to do different? Well, it's a radical federal judge way out of step with the American people and the Constitution. Here's the reality. We have the right to express our religious beliefs. We absolutely do. That doesn't stop at a schoolhouse. I was crystal clear in there. We're not telling kids they have to pray, but we are telling kids they have the right to pray if they so choose. (05:43–05:50)

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Asserts that the right to express religious beliefs extends to schools.

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