Ryan Walters and Chaya Raichik are rewriting public education — and probably each other’s purity pledges.
If Romeo and Juliet had met on Truth Social and bonded over removing Toni Morrison from school libraries, they might look a lot like Ryan Walters and Chaya Raichik. Oklahoma’s most dynamic duo since David and Goliath (if both were on a Moms for Liberty mailing list), the two have joined forces in a crusade to liberate children from facts, empathy, and anything written after 1959.
Walters, Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Schools slash Instagram theologian, made headlines when he appointed Raichik, the viral outrage curator behind Libs of TikTok, to the state’s Library Media Advisory Committee. Because nothing says “qualified for library oversight” like weaponizing kindergarten bulletin boards for clicks.
“She just gets me,” Walters told no reputable outlet, possibly while clutching a dog-eared copy of Ayn Rand’s Anthem. “It’s rare to find someone who shares your passion for weaponized nostalgia and targeted censorship. I mean, she even quotes Leviticus in the group chat. Be still, my theocratic heart.”