Trump-endorsed Bible now mandated for Oklahoma Public Schools. No, really...

[Dennis Donovan]

Josh Marshall
This is somewhere being hilarious and grotesque. Somehow the new rules for bibles which are now mandated for public schools in Okla are only met by the offiicial "Trump Bible". No really.

10:48 AM · Oct 4, 2024

The Oklahoman - 'Trump Bible' one of few that meet Walters' criteria for Oklahoma classrooms

Jennifer Palmer, Paul Monies, Heather Warlick
Oklahoma Watch

Published 6:33 am / Updated 7:09 am CT
October 4, 2024

Superintendent Ryan Walters isn’t just talking about buying Bibles for schools.

Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the King James Version; must contain the Old and New Testaments; must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and must be bound in leather or leather-like material.

A salesperson at Mardel Christian & Education searched, and though they carry 2,900 Bibles, none fit the parameters.

But one Bible fits perfectly: Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the U.S.A. Bible, endorsed by former President Donald Trump and commonly referred to as the Trump Bible. They cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement.

Mardel doesn’t carry the God Bless the U.S.A. Bible or another Bible that could meet the specifications, the We The People Bible, which was also endorsed by Trump. It sells for $90.

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This is absolutely insane and unconstitutional - I hope the lawsuits fly and these schools lose federal funding - which sucks because it only hurts the children.

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[Prairie Gates]

1. Griftopia

These people are shameless.

[Clouds Passing]

2. Grotesque indeed. How many lies are in the Dump Bible?

[kimbutgar]

3. I guess the word love is omitted in his fake Bible and substituted with hate.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. Whatever happened to the First Amendment?

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

While I highlighted the relevant part for Walters and his Turd Reich horde in Oklahoma, I do appreciate the whole thing. For those new to the subject, it’s from the Constitution.

[Qutzupalotl]

5. "...and must contain Lee Greenwood lyrics."

[Qutzupalotl]

6. Even they suspect Trump of being cheap:

“ must be bound in leather or leather-like material.”

[Attilatheblond]

7. Oooooklahoma! where the lawyers are swooping in to sue....

Where the bullshit is high
As an elephant's eye
and xian fundies dictate
what teachers can do....

Feel free to add new lyrics to an old standard.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

8. What in Hell? This is next level American Taliban.

Crazy Christians!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Do the Okla mandated qurans have to be leather bound too?

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Oh, JESUS!....

Who is really surprised by this? Can't have all that inventory just sitting around in the MAL toilets, can we?

[Montauk6]

11. The Grift That Won't Lift

[Initech]

12. I'd like to tell Ryan Walters where he can shove them...

Fuck that guy, and fuck Fox News for installing him in his position that he in no way, shape or form is even remotely qualified for. And fuck Trump and these stupid Bibles and all of his ridiculous bullshit.