The race to replace Kevin Hern as congressman has taken a Christian Nationalist turn.
Last week, Jackson Lahmeyer – the “Pastors for Trump” firebrand who got Bible-thumped by James Lankford in the 2022 Senate primary – announced he scored the endorsement of OK GOP Chair Charity Linch for Tulsa’s open CD-1 congressional district.
Check this out:
I'm honored to announce Oklahoma GOP Chairwoman Charity Linch has endorsed me to represent Oklahoma's 1st District in Congress!
— Jackson Lahmeyer (@JacksonLahmeyer) April 22, 2026
In her endorsement letter to President Donald J. Trump, she stated:
“Jackson Lahmeyer has been a staunch supporter of freedom since I met him in 2021.… pic.twitter.com/RXZwk5NbDd
Really? He’s a staunch supporter of freedom? That’s the best pitch she could make to Trump? If she really wanted to score the president’s endorsement, she should have reminded Trump that Lahmeyer once married – and later divorced – a teenage bride. Trump would have loved that!