Walters Testifies before US House on Communist Chinese Influence in Schools Calls Democrats’ Blind Eye Traitorous
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – State Superintendent Ryan Walters testified before the US House Committee on Education & the Workforce Committee hearing on “Academic Freedom Under Attack: Loosening the CCP’s Grip on America’s Classrooms” today. Below are excerpts from his remarks.
“Woke indoctrination has allowed exposure into our classroom and this exposure has allowed a hostile foreign government like China to attack our kids and our future. This failure by Nancy Pelosi and the Biden Administration is criminal at its least and traitorous at its worst. Pelosi and her cohorts, by ignorance or willful act have done more damage and destruction to our country, working hand in hand with Communist China.
The role that people like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden have played in vilifying parents while directly empowering hostile foreign governments in education is shameful. The woke left has turned a blind eye to the harmful influence that the CCP exerts through programs like Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms. When we allow hostile foreign governments into our education system, we surrender academic freedom and American values.
At our last State Board Meeting, we passed a measure that will allow us to conduct a more thorough investigation into foreign influence in our schools and provide more transparency to the Oklahoman taxpayer.”
Full video of the hearing may be found here.
