While I was out for Spring Break last week, the Ryan Walters news cycle continued to churn along with the usual media suspects doing their usual best to document the standard dose of dysfunctional news flowing out of the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
Some of the highlights include:
• Another one of Ryan's high-level henchwomen – Chief of Staff Jenna Thomas – fleeing the state agency before Ryan can further destroy her once-promising career.
• The State Supreme Court not allowing Ryan to participate – a.k.a exploit for personal and political gain – in a case challenging the divine creation of a mythological religious public school.
• The Oklahoma Speaker of House saying he may try to spay and neuter Ryan’s powers as State Superintendent, which considering Ryan wants to destroy the agency he leads, kinda plays into his hands.
In addition to all that, the Human Rights Coalition – an identity-focused left-wing activist group – released a poll conducted by Captain Obvious and Associates that shows that over 50% of Oklahomans have an unfavorable view of Ryan:
HRC eleased new polling from Change Research that found a majority (55%) of likely 2024 Oklahoma voters disapprove of the job Ryan Walters is doing as Oklahoma's Superintendent of Public Instruction, including 42% who strongly disapprove–compared to just 29% of Oklahomans who approve. More than half of those polled (52%) want the state legislature to impeach and remove Walters, and another 11% believe he should be investigated. Walters is especially unpopular among parents/guardians of K-12 public school students: 58% would like to see Watlers impeached and removed, and 75% say he is not a good role model for Oklahoma's students. The survey is of 665 likely general election voters in Oklahoma, 58% of whom identify as Republican.