At least 18 hecklers were removed from President Trump’s rally in Texas on Wednesday night, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. Protesters were expelled from the scene by authorities or appeared to leave after disrupting the rally, prompting boos from the crowd at San Antonio’s Freeman Coliseum as Trump mocked protesters. The sheriff’s office said they did not make any arrests and everyone was asked to leave the premises. Two people were given criminal trespass warnings, the sheriff’s office said. It is the president’s third trip to Texas in recent weeks to support Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who faces a tougher-than-expected race against Democratic candidate James Talarico. Less than 10 minutes into Trump’s speech, a person stormed off the stage while shouting. At one point, a man wearing a red hat grabbed that person’s hair and appeared to get into a physical altercation, prompting other rallygoers to separate them. After the person left, the president asked, “Is there anything like a Trump rally?” “He’s coming home to mom right now,” the president said. “What he doesn’t know is that his mother voted for Trump.” Over the next hour, several people were removed from the scene by law enforcement or security forces as the crowd booed them. In some cases, Trump supporters and protesters were separated after physically becoming entangled with each other. At least one person was handcuffed before being removed by law enforcement. The president mocked several of the attendees who were kicked out, saying one person “had to lose a lot of weight” and others were “really ugly people.” CBS News has reached out to local authorities and the U.S. Secret Service for more information about the expulsions. Police remove a protester as President Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio on Oct. 7, 2026. AP Photo/Eric Gay Trump was on stage for more than an hour. He spent much of the event criticizing Talarico, a state lawmaker seeking to be the first Democrat to win a statewide race in Texas in more than three decades. Most polls show Talarico with a narrow lead or neck-and-neck with Paxton, a state attorney general with a polarizing record who frustrated other Republicans by unseating Sen. John Cornyn in a primary earlier this year. Republicans have tried to portray Talarico as too liberal for Texas, a theme Trump emphasized throughout the night, criticizing Talarico for his record in the state legislature. The president said that if Talarico wins, he would turn Texas into a “dirty, failing, crime-ridden third world dumping ground.” Trump also spent a lot of time on immigration, touting the precipitous drop in unauthorized border crossings in recent years. The issue dominated Trump’s 2024 campaign, but has become more challenging for him as most voters become skeptical of his administration’s heavy-handed enforcement tactics, particularly Hispanic voters, whose shift toward Trump helped propel him to victory in 2024. More from CBS News Go deeper with The Free Press
