Walters Expands The Conspiracy Of Blame For His Porn Allegations

Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s far-right superintendent of public instruction, responded to a pornography scandal by suggesting he was the victim of a massive Republican-led conspiracy to remove him from office.

Two members of the state board of education accused Walters of displaying sexually explicit images of women on a TV screen connected to his computer during an executive meeting this past Thursday.

"These board members have a lot to answer for, and so does the governor of the state of Oklahoma. Did he direct these board members to lie about me?” Walters said of Gov. Kevin Stitt, a fellow Republican, during a press conference on Tuesday. "What exactly directives were they given?”

“We have had our name cleared by both [Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services] and the sheriff's office,” Walters added, though the sheriff’s office leading the investigation says that’s a lie.

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