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He once called Oklahoma’s teachers union a “terrorist organization.” Now state Superintendent Ryan Walters is threatening to “destroy” teachers unions nationwide.

A former small-town history teacher who waged a culture war against educators over issues such as sexually explicit books and criticism of President Donald Trump, Walters announced his resignation Wednesday night to become CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance , an anti-union initiative of the Freedom Foundation , a conservative think tank.

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“We will build an army of teachers to defeat the teachers unions once and for all,” he told Fox News. “This

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