Trump-backed Oklahoma House candidate Jackson Lahmeyer suspended his bid Wednesday minutes after the president flipped his endorsement in the race, after the Tulsa pastor admitted to “crossing a boundary line” in texting a woman who is not his wife.
“I greatly appreciate Jackson Lahmeyer’s hard work under difficult circumstances — He has always been with me, and I will always be with him,” Trump wrote in a social media post in which he threw his support behind Lahmeyer’s opponent, state Rep. Mark Tedford.
On Sunday, The Daily Mail published text messages Lahmeyer exchanged with a former Miss Oklahoma pageant winner. Lahmeyer said the texts…
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