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Trump-backed candidate drops out after 'crossing boundary' in marriage

Trump’s Endorsed Pastor Was Not “A Distraction.” He Was the Point.Power Wears a Collar and a BadgeJackson Lahmeyer is not a random errant candidate caught in a private mistake. He is a megachurch pastor, founder of Pastors for Trump, and a Trump-endorsed Republican running for Congress in Oklahoma. That is actual institutional power: church platform, political branding, and a direct line to the president’s approval machine.The story is not about one man’s text messages in isolation. It is about the kind of political class that treats moral authority as a campaign asset until it becomes a…

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