‘Kissing Trump’s butt’ won’t help Republicans beat him, rival warns

Will Hurd hasn't qualified for this week's Republican debate, but he's pulling no punches in his attacks on the ex-president

Offering free advice" to his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, the former Texas congressman Will Hurd said: If Donald Trump is leading in the polls, and he's your opponent, then kissing his butt is not going to help you win."

Trump is indeed leading national and key state polls by wide margins, despite facing 91 criminal charges under four separate indictments for election subversion, retention of classified documents and hush-money payments to a porn star.