Oklahoma’s top educator vigorously criticized “the left” in a heated appearance on CNN Monday, in which he defended his mandate for schools to play a video that shows him praying for President-elect Donald Trump .
“The left has driven the Bible out of schools, driven prayer out of schools, and everything in education has gotten worse since,” Oklahoma state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters told CNN anchor Pam Brown.
The video was part of a flurry of recent moves by Walters as he works to elevate his national profile. Trump is quickly filling out his incoming Cabinet , and Walters’ name has been mentioned by some news outlets as a potential pick for education secretary or adviser…