POLITICSJun 17 · 20:23 UTCGUARDIAN USAnna Betts

Oklahoma congressional candidate drops out amid texting infidelity furor

Jackson Lahmeyer, a Christian nationalist and founder of Pastors for Trump, suspended his Oklahoma congressional campaign after being reported to have sent extramarital, intimate text messages. He had advanced to a Republican primary runoff but lost the Trump endorsement to a competitor.

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