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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,365 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 06:53 AM 2 hrs ago

Jackson Lahmeyer, married Christian nationalist and Pastors for Trump founder, sent intimate texts to Miss Oklahoma

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/oklahoma-republican-congress-infidelity

Oklahoma congressional candidate drops out amid texting infidelity scandal
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Christian nationalist and Pastors for Trump founder, loses Trump endorsement to competitor


The Oklahoma congressional candidate Jackson Lahmeyer announced on Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign, after the Christian pastor once endorsed by Donald Trump, who had advanced to a Republican primary runoff, was reported to have sent extramarital, intimate text messages.

After prayerful consideration with my wife, Kendra, and my team over the last twenty four hours, I’ve made the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for Congress,” the Christian nationalist and Pastors for Trump founder wrote in a statement on Wednesday afternoon. “I do not want to be a distraction to my family, my church, and the great people of Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district, who deserve a strong conservative voice representing them in Washington.

Lahmeyer’s announcement came one day after he and fellow Republican Mark Tedford advanced to a runoff election in their party primary to replace Kevin Hern, who vacated his House seat to run for the US Senate.

Lahmeyer’s withdrawal makes Tedford the presumptive Republican nominee.

Lahmeyer’s decision also followed a report by the Daily Mail over the weekend that he had sent intimate text messages to a former campaign fundraiser who was not his wife and had previously won the Miss Oklahoma USA beauty pageant.

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Jackson Lahmeyer, married Christian nationalist and Pastors for Trump founder, sent intimate texts to Miss Oklahoma (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 2 hrs ago OP
But he did it with prayers dalton99a 2 hrs ago #1
"Dear Lord, PLEQSE help me get in her pants. 3Hotdogs 1 hr ago #6
More from nyt BlueWaveNeverEnd 2 hrs ago #2
Don't worry - I'm sure Oklahoma can come up with someone even worse . . . hatrack 2 hrs ago #3
FIFY Ray Bruns 2 hrs ago #4
He knew he was going to lose ninjanurse 1 hr ago #10
After prayerful consideration with my wife, malaise 1 hr ago #5
The ones who squawk the loudest . . . Vinca 1 hr ago #7
The day is young. Ray Bruns 1 hr ago #18
If those texts were taken out of context sdfernando 1 hr ago #8
In one of them, he tells her he "enjoyed those lips." BlueWaveNeverEnd 1 hr ago #17
I'm surprised his base isn't rationalizing his behavior Torchlight 1 hr ago #9
My Aunt and Uncle are still Jimmy Swaggart fans, despite his appetite.... 70sEraVet 1 hr ago #16
The day is young. Ray Bruns 26 min ago #22
Trad Wife ninjanurse 1 hr ago #11
Is anyone here familiar with the plastic bracelets Lahmeyer is wearing 70sEraVet 1 hr ago #12
Just another Righteous Gemstone purr-rat beauty 1 hr ago #13
Here's a photo of the object-of-his-desires... she's got that stupid Mar-a-lago face! 😂🤣 QueerDuck 1 hr ago #14
I have come to thoroughly despise the thumbs up gesture. 3catwoman3 47 min ago #20
Same here. It's crude. It's juvenile. It's giving the middle-finger to all things decent and honorable... QueerDuck 35 min ago #21
What's wrong with fake tits? Ray Bruns 25 min ago #23
After prayerful consideration my wife, Kendra "I've made the difficult decision to suspend my campaign .. Botany 1 hr ago #15
Perv. Got caught. spanone 59 min ago #19
It sounds like she's an adult. SamuelAdams 2 min ago #24

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,365 posts)
2. More from nyt
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 06:56 AM
2 hrs ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/politics/trump-lahmeyer-house-texting-scandal-tedford.html


Mr. Lahmeyer leads a Tulsa church with his wife. But the image he cultivated as a religious leader took a hit on Sunday when The Daily Mail published intimate texts between him and a woman who is not his wife, in which he called her “cute” and floated an invitation to his hotel room. In a Facebook post on Sunday night, he acknowledged sending the messages but contended that his communications had been “carefully cherry-picked to create an impression that is not accurate.”

Ray Bruns

(6,917 posts)
4. FIFY
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 07:43 AM
2 hrs ago

“I do not want to be a distraction to my family, my church, and the great people of Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district, who deserve a person who is not a grade A hypocrite and scumbag.”

sdfernando

(6,137 posts)
8. If those texts were taken out of context
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 07:59 AM
1 hr ago

and cherry picked he shouldn't have a problem releasing them all....you know....to prove you're innocent.


I'll wait.

Torchlight

(7,178 posts)
9. I'm surprised his base isn't rationalizing his behavior
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 08:07 AM
1 hr ago

as legal, consensual, they were both drunk, we can't bask in our purity, and none of our business.

70sEraVet

(5,721 posts)
16. My Aunt and Uncle are still Jimmy Swaggart fans, despite his appetite....
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 08:37 AM
1 hr ago

for prostitutes (Satan took him home last year -- Swaggart, not my Uncle).
And, of course, they justify trump's extra-marital affairs as 'youthful indiscretions' (trump was 60 when he had the Stormy Daniels escapade).
I truly love my Aunt and Uncle. It hurts.

70sEraVet

(5,721 posts)
12. Is anyone here familiar with the plastic bracelets Lahmeyer is wearing
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 08:15 AM
1 hr ago

in his picture in The Guardian article?
One looks to start with "Fly..." and one with "Fam..."

purr-rat beauty

(1,593 posts)
13. Just another Righteous Gemstone
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 08:17 AM
1 hr ago

I have come to the conclusion that a greater percent of religious leaders are actually scumbags in sheep's clothing.

QueerDuck

(2,064 posts)
14. Here's a photo of the object-of-his-desires... she's got that stupid Mar-a-lago face! 😂🤣
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 08:26 AM
1 hr ago

... and the fake tits to go with it. She and Melania have the same kidney doctor, apparently.




QueerDuck

(2,064 posts)
21. Same here. It's crude. It's juvenile. It's giving the middle-finger to all things decent and honorable...
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 09:09 AM
35 min ago

...it's trolling. I'll put it right up there with the White Power "OK" gesture and the heil-Hitler gesture too. Ugh!

I'm glad to know that I'm not alone in my disgust, 3catwoman3.

Botany

(78,146 posts)
15. After prayerful consideration my wife, Kendra "I've made the difficult decision to suspend my campaign ..
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 08:36 AM
1 hr ago

…. for Congress,”

ATTN: Ms. Kendra he was cheating on you. Bunch of divorce lawyers in Oklahoma find a good one.

Christo Fascist shits. I bet he was against gay marriage and abortion too.

SamuelAdams

(310 posts)
24. It sounds like she's an adult.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 09:42 AM
2 min ago

That's a big improvement for MAGA pastors, who seem to prefer abusing children.

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