Trump Gives Away Game for Why He Backed Ken Paxton in Texas Primary (opens in new tab)

To be a Donald Trump–endoresed political candidate, you must possess many qualities: Integrity. Empathy. Intelligence. A love of the United States and all who inhabit it.Just kidding! You don’t have to have any of those things. You just have to suck up to him more than the other guy.The president made that clearer than ever in a post to Truth Social Sunday, in which he explained the complex reasons behind his endorsement of Ken Paxton in the Texas Republican Senate primary.Paxton was “very lo...