When I tell people that Donald Trump hates me, they often assume I mean it in a generic sense — that he hates Democrats and people who fight him in court. No, I correct them: he hates me personally.

With voting beginning in less than a month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has yet to share a stage with state Rep. James Talarico as the Republican nominee trails in a string of public polls.

SYRACUSE, New York — Donald Trump came to Syracuse hoping to energize Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. Instead, one of the defining images of his visit may be the furious reception waiti…