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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,416 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 06:53 AM Thursday

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