Now we've found out that Trump syncophants have facilitated his grift...
Take Oklahoma where Ryan Walters.the Superintendant of Public Instruction, has mandated that every classroom in the state should have a Bible. To say that Walters is a wingnut is an understatement. It's like he's some sort of official for religious schools, rather than the man charged with inclusive public education policy for the state...
"Walters has a history of injecting right-wing cultural politics into the public schools. In January, he
drew bipartisan criticism for appointing Chaya Raichik—a 29-year-old former Brooklyn real estate agent who lives in Los Angeles, does not have children (in Oklahoma schools or any other schools), and spends her time harassing LGBTQ people from her LibsofTikTok X account—to the State Library Advisory Committee. In September 2023, Walters
announced a partnership with PragerU, which is not a school but a conservative nonprofit media organization,
boasting to a crowd in Tulsa: "We are continuing that MAGA agenda….We're gonna have PragerU in every school."
Nothing screams unity and inclusiveness like Parger U and Libs of Tik Tok.
But that wasn't enough for Walters...
"At September's Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting, Walters
requested an additional $3 million (for a total of $6 million) to purchase New King James Version Bibles. But when bids opened last week for 55,000 bibles, the specs had changed. According to the
request for proposal (RFP), "only the King James Version" qualifies, and it "must include copies of The United States Pledge of Allegiance, The U.S. Declaration of Independence, The U.S. Constitution, and The U.S. Bill of Rights." Oh, and the Bible "must be bound in leather or leather-like material."
Hmm, I wonder which Bible meets all those criteria? When the Oklahoman checked the inventory at a Christian Bookstore which covered 2900 Bibles they discovered that none of the ones on site fit that description. In fact there were only two Bible versions that did- Trump's God Bless the USA Bible ( which profits Donny) and something called the We The People Bible, which coincidentally sells for $90, and benefits Junior...
Ryan Walters' strict stipulations make it clear he’s steering Oklahoma schools to purchase Donald Trump’s Bibles at a hefty cost.
reason.com
Subsequently there has been some pushback and some minor revision of the essental qualifications. We'll see where this goes...
"The Education Department’s original request for 55,000 King James Version Bibles to place in Oklahoma classrooms would have accepted only products bound in leather or a leather-like material that also contain the Pledge of Allegiance, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution."
The Oklahoma State Department of Education has amended its request for proposal for 55,000 Bibles to place in classrooms.
oklahomavoice.com
You know it seems to me if Donnie was genuinely concerned about the distribution of funds to folks in western NC and elsewhere. he could give everyone of those families a piece of all the profit he continues to make from his multiple grifts...This deal is a prime example...