OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A historic, chaotic week in Oklahoma politics ended with State Superintendent Ryan Walters calling for himself to be impeached. One longtime Oklahoma politician describes it as “political suicide.”
“Let’s start the impeachment proceedings,” Walters told reporters while standing outside the doors to the Oklahoma House of Representatives’ chambers Friday afternoon. “It is time for Oklahomans to have the answers. I am calling on Speaker McCall and Mark McBride to begin their impeachment proceedings Monday… It is time to start the proceedings immediately.”
Oklahoma State Superintendent wants impeachment hearings to begin on Monday
Walters also went on to make numerous false claims in response to recent controversies that have led certain Republican legislators to call for an investigation that could lead to his impeachment.
Flashpoint analyst and former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Turpen, who has spent nearly 50 years in Oklahoma politics, told News 4 that Walters’ comments Friday could only leave him with one conclusion.