{"id":110813,"date":"2024-10-05T21:26:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T14:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110813"},"modified":"2024-10-05T21:26:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T14:26:50","slug":"oklahoma-seeks-to-buy-55000-bibles-exactly-like-the-ones-trump-is-hawking-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110813","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma seeks to buy 55,000 Bibles \u2013 exactly like the ones Trump is hawking | Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Oklahoma\u2019s top education official is seeking to buy 55,000 Bibles for public schools and specifying that each copy contain the Declaration of Independence and US constitution, which are not commonly found in Bibles but are included in one endorsed by former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The request is part of Republican state superintendent Ryan Walters\u2019 ongoing efforts to require Bibles in every classroom, which has been met with resistance by some of Oklahoma\u2019s largest school districts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Walters is seeking to spend $3m in state funds for Bibles that fit a certain criteria, including that the pages are supplemented with US historical materials. The Bibles must also be \u201cbound in leather or leather-like material for durability\u201d, according to state bidding documents posted this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The non-profit news outlet Oklahoma Watch first reported on Thursday that the requirements match the God Bless the USA Bible that Trump urged his supporters to begin buying earlier this year on a website that sells the book for $59.99.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Asked Friday if the state\u2019s bid was tailored for the Bible backed by Trump, a spokesperson for Walters said the proposal was open to any vendor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThere are hundreds of Bible publishers and we expect a robust competition for this proposal,\u201d said Dan Isett, a spokesperson for the Oklahoma state department of education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Former Oklahoma attorney general Drew Edmondson, a Democrat, said the bid \u201cdoes not pass the smell test\u201d and said a court could void it if the process was found to limit competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cAll fingers point to the Trump Bible that does contain all these requirements,\u201d Edmondson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Walters in June ordered public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades five through 12. The bidding documents also specify that the Bibles include both the Old Testament and New Testament, the Pledge of Allegiance and the Bill of Rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe can see there are very few Bibles on the market that would meet these criteria, and all of them have been endorsed by former president Donald Trump,\u201d said Colleen McCarty, executive director of the Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The name of the Bible backed by Trump is inspired by country singer Lee Greenwood\u2019s patriotic ballad. Trump takes the stage to the song at each of his rallies and has appeared with Greenwood at events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Bible\u2019s website states the product \u201cis not political and has nothing to do with any political campaign\u201d. It says the site \u201cuses Donald J Trump\u2019s name, likeness and image under paid license from CIC Ventures LLC\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Trump reported earning $300,000 off sales of the Bible, according to financial disclosures released in August. His campaign did not immediately return an email seeking comment on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Walters, himself a former public school teacher who was elected to his post in 2022, ran on a platform of fighting \u201cwoke ideology\u201d, banning books from school libraries and getting rid of \u201cradical leftists\u201d who he claims are indoctrinating children in classrooms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/05\/oklahoma-schools-trump-bible\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma\u2019s top education official is seeking to buy 55,000 Bibles for public schools and specifying that each copy contain the Declaration of Independence and US constitution, which are not commonly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110813\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}