'Trying to railroad me!' Superintendent gets testy as CNN host says 'you've had issues'
Raw StoryRyan Walters, the Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction, celebrated the Trump administration's dismantling of the Department of Education on Thursday before claiming he was being railroaded by CNN when asked about his state's performance record. "Yeah, look, we have seen the performance of our urban students in fourth grade reading and math go up nearly 20 ranking points in the last two years," Walters said before Keilar interjected, "Overall, you've had issues, sir." "Listen, you're going to continue to push these lies here on the network," Walters claimed, "but this is what the left wing continues to do." He continued, "I know you're trying to railroad me here and gaslight here on CNN, but all of these things show the light, what left-wing administrators were lying about in our state."
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