Trump Deal Massive Blow to Bush Family

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Former President Donald Trump has officially endorsed Ken Paxton over George P. Bush in the state’s Republican attorney general primary.

Trump said Paxton is a “true Texan who will keep Texas safe” and praised the attorney general for his stances on crime, guns, border security and “election integrity.”

“Attorney General Ken Paxton has been bravely on the front line in the fight for Texas, and America, against the vicious and very dangerous Radical Left Democrats, and the foolish and unsuspecting RINOs that are destroying our Country,” Trump continued.

“It is going to take a PATRIOT like Ken Paxton to advance America First policies in order to Make America Great Again,” Trump said.

This decision snubs the Bush family.

George P. Bush is the son of Trump’s former GOP primary rival Jeb Bush.

Jeb Bush was heavily critical of Trump and notoriously chose not to endorse Trump for president in 2016.

From The Hill via MSN:

“Enough is enough, Ken,” he said at his campaign kickoff event in June. “You’ve brought way too much scandal and too little integrity to this office.”

Paxton is the subject of an FBI investigation over accusations from former senior aides that he abused his office to aid a wealthy donor.

After news of Trump’s endorsement broke on Monday, George P. Bush hit Paxton over his legal troubles in a tweet.

“I’m running for Attorney General because Texans deserve integrity and honesty from the office of Texas’ top law enforcement official,” he tweeted. “Texans deserve a candidate without a laundry list of existing and potential criminal indictments.”


TRENDING 👇 First Federal Agency Announces Vaccine Mandate

And so it begins… Veterans Affairs becomes the first federal agency to mandate the COVID vaccine, Fox News reports.

Health care personnel will be obligated to take the drug. Rueters says this impacts more than 100,000 health care workers.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough decided to make the COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all VA health care personnel. This includes physicians, dentists, nurses and others who work in patient-facing roles. The agency says this is a “necessary step” to keep the veterans it serves “safe.”

Employees have eight weeks to comply and must be fully vaccinated. McDonough said, “We’re mandating vaccines for Title 38 employees because it’s the best way to keep veterans safe, especially as the delta variant spreads across the country.”

“Whenever a veteran or a VA employee sets foot in a VA facility, they deserve to know that we have done everything in our power to protect them from COVID-19,” he continued. “With this mandate, we can once again make – and keep – that fundamental promise.”