Ryan Walters seems to have little interest in clarifying to his constituents his headline-making decision to resign as Oklahoma’s state superintendent of schools.

Walters, who frequently attacked teachers unions and accused educators of being child abusers during his three-year tenure, announced his resignation Wednesday on KOKH, an Oklahoma City-based Fox News affiliate.

His next gig, he said, will be leading the Teacher Freedom Alliance, a right-wing nonprofit organization aimed at assisting “educators in their mission to develop free, moral, and upright American citizens,” according to its website.

Walters’ announcement was broadcast to a national cable audience via Fox News. But when KOKH journalist Wendy Suares attempted to ask Walters questions in the moments after his segment wrapped, he gave her the silent treatment and opted instead to bolt out of the studio.

In a Thursday post on X, formerly Twitter, Suares said KOKH had agreed to let Walters film his announcement from the studio on the condition that the station would secure him for an interview afterward.

Watch a clip of Suares attempting to interview Walters below.

“We had several questions for [Walters] as he left our studio. We still do,” she wrote in a follow-up post.

As of Friday afternoon, Suares’ footage had been viewed more than 400,000 times on X. Many viewers praised Suares for her journalistic skills while blasting Walters as a “skunk” and a “coward.”

“First, much respect for your toughness and persistence. Second, that man is gutless,” one person wrote.

Added another: “I’ve been saying this for years, Ryan Walters was after himself. Never about Oklahoma schools. Now everyone can see that!”

As such comments suggest, news of Walters’ departure was applauded by Oklahomans across the political spectrum.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond, a Republican who is running for Oklahoma governor in 2026, called out Walters for inciting “a stream of never-ending scandal and political drama” since entering office.

“Even worse, test scores and reading proficiency are at historic lows,” he wrote in a statement. “It’s time for a State Superintendent of Public Instruction who will actually focus on quality instruction in our public schools. … Our families, our students and our teachers deserve so much more.”

Oklahoma Democratic Party Chair John Waldron shared those sentiments, telling local CBS affiliate News 9 he’s happy to see Walters go.

“Under his watch, we’ve fallen to 50th in education,” he said. “I’ve watched Superintendent Walters use his office as a bully pulpit for his own personal ambition.”