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Ken Paxton tells The New York Times he doesn’t support Greg Abbott for reelection — then tweets that he does

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a New York Times story published Tuesday that he does not support Gov. Greg Abbott, a fellow Republican, as Abbott runs for reelection, the latest — and most revealing — sign that some state GOP leaders are on a collision course ahead of the 2022 election. “The way this typically works in a primary, is it’s kind of everybody running their own race,” Paxton told the Times. “I don’t think he supports me; I don’t support him.” Within hours of the story’s publication, Paxton bashed it as “fake news” and insisted he supports Abbott. “He’s ...

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