Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt told Newsmax Wednesday that big spending cuts and layoffs this week at the Department of Education have put Democrat “butts in a sling.”

Stitt told “Carl Higbie: FRONTLINE” that those who are complaining the loudest don’t understand how education works in the U.S.

“And I remind everybody it’s the states that educate. We hire the teachers, we build the schools, and we’re educating our students,” he said.

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