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He was criticised during Senate hearings in 2014 for endorsing unproven pills that he said would “literally flush fat from your system” and “push fat from your belly”.

McCoy, like pastors on both sides of the political aisle, openly flouts the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 law that bars tax-exempt organizations from participating in political campaigns and endorsing candidates.

Before endorsing Trump, Kennedy had mounted a failed bid for the presidency himself as a third party candidate.

Now aged 70, the environmental lawyer ran for president this year as an independent after initially launching a Democratic primary bid, but he eventually suspended his own campaign, endorsing Trump.

Ramaswamy ran as a Republican candidate for president earlier this year against Trump, before dropping out and endorsing him.