Oklahoma is buying 55,000 bibles for public schools, only one bible meets all the criteria in the bid- Trumps.

[Swede]

Grifters gotta grift.

Link to tweet

[BittyJenkins]

1. That is sick

[Initech]

17. If we were in a normal timeline, Walters would be doing time for this.

[jls4561]

2. No. This is theft from the good people of Oklahoma and an illegal campaign contribution (or bribe) to

The Orange Man of Mar-a-Lardo.

[tanyev]

3. Wow! What a coincidence!

[bluestarone]

4. LAWSUITS by non religious citizens of Oklahoma should multiply.

[lindysalsagal]

5. Great! Fastest way to make an atheist is to force them to try to read (the unreadable) mishmosh called bible.

Thing doesn't make a lick of sense. How many "days" went by before the earth started rotating on it's axis? If there's no earth or rotation then what the heck is a "day?"

If I were the teacher, I'd go straight to the spots where they explain the burnt offerings, who to beat your slave, and all the ways people should be killed for minor offences like eating shellfish....

[progressoid]

6. The grift that keep on grifting

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. The contract writer is under the impression that the KJV is the "real" Bible, or wants to indoctrinate children

The supplier must provide only the King James Version Bible for historical accuracy

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25184836-02_-_attachment_a_bibles?responsive=1&title=1

Not entirely surprisingly, later translators have managed to be more accurate that the early 17th century British ones - by simple iteration, if nothing else. Anyone who claims the 400 year old attempt is the "historically accurate" one is either a fool or a con artist.

Also there, showing this is a con to give Trump money:

2.5 The supplier’s Bible must include copies of The United States Pledge of Allegiance, The U.S. Declaration of Independence, The U.S. Constitution, and The U.S. Bill of Rights.

2.6 The supplier’s Bible must not contain study guides, publisher narration, or additional commentary.

Adding the US-specific stuff is "additional commentary" and "publisher narration". This is a demand to get the Trump-enriching one and nothing else.

[haele]

11. The KJV is of Western Civ cultural significance, like Shakespeare.

That's about the only educational value it has in children's public school education on the taxpayer's dime. Other religious texts can likewise be taught in context of a greater world culture.

If you're concerned with their spiritual or religious education, that's between the child's family and whatever religious institutions that family chooses to participate in.

Otherwise, it's all just indoctrination instead of useful education.

Haele

[Retrograde]

12. So, fine for a senior HS or college level course on American literature

but it has no place in most of the rest of the curriculum. I spent 12 years in Catholic schools, and the only time there was any study of the Bible was in 10th or 11th grade Religion, which covered the Old Testament.

[haele]

13. Pretty much. There's a lot on it that can't be conceptualized by anyone under 16.

And even then, without understanding the concepts of allegory, contracts and the wider forms of interactions and relationships one just can't understand until they're older, it doesn't make a lot of sense.

Haele

[Hekate]

15. YES. All of the above.

[duncang]

8. Even when I was a child

The Sunday school didn’t require a specific bible.

[bronxiteforever]

9. A Trump tax. Walters will be adding Trump indulgence fees to students

“You can’t graduate unless the great lord Trump gives you an nft indulgence.”
Let’s not forget the U.S. News & World Report that
In 2024, Oklahoma was ranked 49th out of 50 states for education. This is due to poor performance in standardized test scores, graduation rates, and higher education statistics.
https://archive.is/pA8Hv

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Isn't that money laundering?

Sending Oklahoma taxpayers' money into the pocket of Putin's agent?

[Initech]

14. Ryan Walters is a fascist thug who has gone mad with power.

Fuck him and I'd like to tell him what he can do with those Trump Bibles. And also fuck Fox News for foisting him on us. If there is a hell, it waits for them.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

16. $60 x 55,000

= $3.3 million of public money to Trump

[B.See]

18. To go to show how insidious

MAGA's bullshit has been upon America's psyche is how almost no one seems to notice that Bibles (of any sort) are being bought for PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

[FakeNoose]

19. Screenshot for the Twitterless

Also, closeup of the insert:

[jmowreader]

20. This won't go the way Trump thinks it will

Any Bible printer can make a Bible like that.