<p>Oklahoma’s public schools chief last week called out the &#8220;radical leftists&#8221; he said are exploiting the death of a young student who identified as &#8220;nonbinary.&#8221;</p>
<p>Nex Benedict, 16, died on February 8, the day after an altercation in the high school girls&#8217; bathroom. A cause of death has not yet been revealed, but police said the death was <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/nex-benedict-body-camera-footage-interview/story?id=107516210">unrelated</a> to physical trauma from the fight.</p>
<p>Last week, Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters criticized those trying to politicize the situation.</p>
<p>“I think it’s terrible that we’ve had some radical leftists who decided to run with a political agenda and try to weave a narrative that hasn’t been true,” Walters <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/us/oklahoma-nonbinary-student-superintendent.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New York Times. “You’ve taken a tragedy, and you’ve had some folks try to exploit it for political gain.”</p>
<p>“We’ve been told death wasn’t directly related to the fight at school,” he added.</p>
<p>Walters also reiterated that Oklahoma schools would not allow students to go by preferred names or pronouns at odds with their biological sex.</p>
<p>“You always treat individuals with dignity or respect, because they’re made in God’s image,” Walters said. “But that doesn’t change truth.”</p>
<p>He added, “There’s not multiple genders. There’s two. That’s how God created us.”</p>
<p>The bathroom altercation happened at Owasso High School near Tulsa.</p>
<p>On the day of the fight, Benedict admitted in an interview with a police officer to pouring water on several girls in the bathroom who were allegedly making fun of Benedict. The girls responded by knocking Benedict to the floor and &#8220;beating&#8221; Benedict, the teen said.</p>
<p>Benedict&#8217;s mother <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5nHh8ghaEc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refers</a> to her child with female pronouns in the police body cam video of that interview, which took place at the hospital the same day. Benedict went home later that day.</p>
<p>However, the next day, Benedict was rushed back to the hospital and pronounced dead.</p>
<p>The bathroom altercation lasted less than two minutes, according to the school district, and Benedict is seen able to walk in the aftermath of the bathroom fight in a video <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/us/oklahoma-nonbinary-student-superintendent.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> by the Owasso Police Department. The school district also said the students involved in the altercation were able to walk to a nurse&#8217;s office afterward.</p>
<p>The state medical examiner’s office said the report on Benedict&#8217;s cause of death would eventually be made public, but declined to comment in the meantime on the autopsy or any toxicology results.</p>
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<p>Walters has been outspoken about his opposition to radical gender ideology, which has spurred attacks from leftists.</p>
<p>Last year, Walters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nbc-obfuscates-child-pornography-charges-against-oklahoma-drag-queen-principal">called</a> for the firing of an Oklahoma school principal who was previously charged with child pornography and moonlighted as a drag queen.</p>
<p>Back in the fall, Walters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-going-to-do-the-transgender-game-oklahoma-education-board-denies-districts-request-to-let-students-change-gender-on-records" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> the state was &#8220;not going to do the transgender game&#8221; when it came to changing students&#8217; genders in school records.</p>
<p>Last month, Walters <a href="https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-ryan-walters-chaya-raichik-libs-of-tik-tok/46518260">appointed</a> Libs Of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik to a state agency advisory committee.</p>

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