State Supt. Ryan Walters Defends Moms For Liberty

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is defending a conservative group labeled as extremists by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The law center called the group Moms for Liberty an anti-government extremist group.

Moms for Liberty has three chapters in Oklahoma, and help lead campaigns to have books the group said are "inappropriate" to be removed from school libraries.

Walters released a statement in response, calling the group "extremists."

"This is yet another example of left-wing extremism and their insidious methods of labeling moms engaged in their kids' education as public enemy number one," Walters said.

In response, the Tulsa Classroom Teachers Association responded by released a statement as well, calling Walter's comments an example of "right-wing extremism" and "an insidious [method] of labeling teachers engaged in their job of educating as public enemy number one."