President Donald Trump’s admiration for pastor Jackson Lahmeyer began in earnest nearly four years ago when he celebrated the Oklahoman’s decision to create what was billed as the “Pastors for Trump” coalition.

In the months that followed, the Republican continued to amplify Lahmeyer as one of his key allies from the faith community, using his social media platform to promote the pastor’s online praise and appearances in conservative media.

Last month, the president issued an enthusiastic endorsement of Lahmeyer’s congressional campaign. As recently as four days ago, Trump reiterated his support in another lengthy online endorsement, touting the Oklahoman as a “MAGA Warrior.” One day later, Lahmeyer fared well enough to advance to a congressional runoff primary. Early Wednesday morning, Trump celebrated Lahmeyer performance, emphasizing his endorsement of the pastor yet again.

Then, hours later, Trump endorsed Lahmeyer’s opponent.

The president didn’t elaborate on why he had abandoned the candidate he’d promoted earlier in the same day, but there’s no great mystery here. MS NOW reported:

Republican congressional candidate Jackson Lahmeyer has dropped out of a runoff for a House seat in Oklahoma following reports that he sent intimate text messages to a woman who was not his wife. […]

Lahmeyer dropped out of the race after the Daily Mail reported Sunday that he had exchanged numerous romantic text messages with Caitlin Simmons Key, who worked as a fundraiser for his campaign. In one text message obtained by the Daily Mail, Lahmeyer allegedly invited Key into his hotel room. Key also alleged that Lahmeyer once professed his love to her.

Lahmeyer, the report added, had “centered his congressional campaign around his Christian faith.”

If the circumstances sound at all familiar, Lahmeyer is not the first Trump-aligned pastor to face scandal. Let’s not forget that Robert Morris, the founding pastor of a prominent Texas megachurch, served as a “spiritual adviser” to Trump, joining the Republican’s spiritual advisory board during the 2016 campaign and being welcomed at the White House during Trump’s first term. In June 2020, Trump visited Gateway Church in Texas and touted Morris as a “great” person.

Four years later, Morris confessed to having engaged in “sexual behavior” with a child and resigned. Trump’s campaign soon after emphasized that Morris would not be part of the 2024 operation.

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