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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,368 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 06:53 AM 6 hrs ago

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

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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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But he did it with prayers dalton99a 5 hrs ago #1
"Dear Lord, PLEQSE help me get in her pants. 3Hotdogs 5 hrs ago #6
More from nyt BlueWaveNeverEnd 5 hrs ago #2
Don't worry - I'm sure Oklahoma can come up with someone even worse . . . hatrack 5 hrs ago #3
FIFY Ray Bruns 5 hrs ago #4
He knew he was going to lose ninjanurse 4 hrs ago #10
After prayerful consideration with my wife, malaise 5 hrs ago #5
The ones who squawk the loudest . . . Vinca 5 hrs ago #7
The day is young. Ray Bruns 4 hrs ago #18
If those texts were taken out of context sdfernando 4 hrs ago #8
In one of them, he tells her he "enjoyed those lips." BlueWaveNeverEnd 4 hrs ago #17
I'm surprised his base isn't rationalizing his behavior Torchlight 4 hrs ago #9
My Aunt and Uncle are still Jimmy Swaggart fans, despite his appetite.... 70sEraVet 4 hrs ago #16
The day is young. Ray Bruns 3 hrs ago #22
Trad Wife ninjanurse 4 hrs ago #11
Is anyone here familiar with the plastic bracelets Lahmeyer is wearing 70sEraVet 4 hrs ago #12
Just another Righteous Gemstone purr-rat beauty 4 hrs ago #13
Here's a photo of the object-of-his-desires... she's got that stupid Mar-a-lago face! 😂🤣 QueerDuck 4 hrs ago #14
I have come to thoroughly despise the thumbs up gesture. 3catwoman3 3 hrs ago #20
Same here. It's crude. It's juvenile. It's giving the middle-finger to all things decent and honorable... QueerDuck 3 hrs ago #21
What's wrong with fake tits? Ray Bruns 3 hrs ago #23
Nothing, if you like fake tits. 🤪🍷 QueerDuck 22 min ago #33
Easy to see he's a Trump ass-kisser. Prof. Toru Tanaka 3 hrs ago #25
After prayerful consideration my wife, Kendra "I've made the difficult decision to suspend my campaign .. Botany 4 hrs ago #15
I like how he specifies his wife's name as if he has some other wife and family somewhere Prairie Gates 2 hrs ago #30
He was having an affair with Miss Oklahoma.... end of story .... How did she know his schedule? Botany 1 hr ago #32
Perv. Got caught. spanone 4 hrs ago #19
It sounds like she's an adult. SamuelAdams 3 hrs ago #24
As long as they were both adults I don't see the problem. IMHO. Jacson6 3 hrs ago #26
He's a hypocrite and that would be a problem for me if I was a voter in Oklahoma Deuxcents 2 hrs ago #29
Cult gonna CULT ZDU 2 hrs ago #27
Lahmeyer can do a Swaggart and beg forgiveness for his sins... sop 2 hrs ago #28
Well, of course he did. MineralMan 2 hrs ago #31
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