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Trump Stumps for Paxton in San Antonio Rally
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In Short: President Donald Trump held a campaign rally at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, to bolster Republican candidates and support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's push for the U.S. Senate.
President Donald Trump held a campaign rally at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, to bolster Republican candidates and support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's push for the U.S. Senate.
During the rally, Trump criticized incumbent Congressman Cuellar, labeling him as a 'low-life' and urging conservative voters to defeat him as 'payback' for his perceived betrayal.
Trump dismissed hecklers at the rally, asserting that they were 'paid protesters' funded by foreign entities. He also mocked James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate, repeatedly referring to him as 'Talafreako' and criticizing his record on immigration, energy policy, and child gender mutilation.
Trump announced that starting the next day, over 20 million seniors on Medicare would receive checks or deposits for over $100 each. He also highlighted his record of bringing Democrats and Republicans together to pass 60 bipartisan bills, including those that lower the cost of housing, childcare, and prescription drugs.
Paxton's campaign spokesperson stated that Talarico had gone 11 days without making a public appearance, emphasizing that the Democrat had been absent from the campaign trail. Talarico's campaign spokesperson JT Ennis told Fox News Digital that Talarico had been sick with the flu but was expected to return to the campaign trail that weekend.
Talarico's campaign spokesperson also noted that Talarico had been working to protect the Texas Promise plan, an economic vision to put thousands of dollars back into the pockets of hardworking Texans.
A New York Times-Siena University poll put Talarico at 51% and Paxton at 45%, a 6-point lead, while a Beacon Research and Shaw and Company poll showed Talarico at 51% and Paxton at 49%, a 2-point lead.
Trump called Paxton 'the greatest attorney general in the United States of America' and urged voters to support his Senate bid.
The rally, which began at 6 p.m. local time, was partly to boost Republican candidates ahead of the midterms next month.
What this adds
President Trump's rally in San Antonio was aimed at boosting local Republican candidates and supporting Ken Paxton's Senate bid.
The rally took place 27 days before the midterms, with projections showing near half-billion dollars in ad spending for the Paxton-Talarico race.
Background
President Donald Trump held a rally in San Antonio to boost Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate bid.
San Antonio is a city in the southern part of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, the second-most populous city in Texas, and the second-most populous city in the Southern U.S., with a population of 1.43 million at the 2020 census.
What's confirmed
- OAN Staff Brooke Mallory 6:55 PM – Wednesday, October 7, 2026 President Donald Trump delivered a fiery campaign speech at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas, taking the stage to boost local Republican candidates and bolster Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s push for the U.S.
- "The people of Texas are not going to let weak, gutless, self-hating, transgender-promoting freak shows destroy everything that we've built."
- Texas — President Donald Trump is traveling to San Antonio to campaign in a closely watched Texas U.S. Senate race, where Republican Ken Paxton is facing Democrat James Talarico.
- “I’ve brought Democrats and Republicans together to pass 60 bipartisan bills. Bills that lower the cost of housing, that lower the cost of childcare, that lower the cost of prescription drugs, including insulin,” Talarico said last month.
- A New York Times-Siena University poll puts Talarico at 51% and Paxton at 45%, a 6-point lead.
What's still developing
- “Now he says he loves meat. But he’s a vegan. … He wants to eat a little piece of lettuce,” Trump said.
- “For decades, Texas has been the state where people flee to escape the economic oppression and social collapse of Democrat-run California, New York, Illinois, and other failing blue states. But if Talafreako and the Democrats get their way, all of that squalor, misery, poverty, homelessness,” Trump said, adding that he doesn’t even know Talarico’s real name.
- “James Talarico is asking Texans for their vote, but he can’t even be bothered to show up,” Paxton’s campaign said in a statement.
- “The best thing to do was to put safety first and put everyone’s health first.” In a statement to the Current, Talarico campaign spokesperson JT Ennis said the state rep and Presbyterian seminarian will “be back on the trail soon.” Since 1986, the SA Current has served as the free, independent voice of San Antonio, and we want to keep it that way.
- The Current asked about the status of Talarico’s health after his opponent, Republican Ken Paxton, sent out press releases emphasizing the former San Antonio public school teacher’s absence from the campaign trail.
- “A vote for Talafreako is a vote to turn Texas into a dirty, failing, third-world country,” Trump told the crowd, contrasting that with his support for Paxton.
- "Ken Paxton has been ignoring Texans this entire campaign, and his priorities are clear: He doesn’t answer to the people of this state. He answers to his billionaire megadonors and special interests."
- “He can be a pain in the ass sometimes. I'll be honest. Is he here, by the way. Oh, there he is. I didn't even know he was here. I don't care," Trump said.
- “So my agenda is very simple. I'm gonna fight so that every Texan can buy a home, raise a family, and live a healthy life without struggling to make ends meet. And that's why I've been billed by protecting the Texas Promise plan. This is an economic vision to put thousands of dollars back into the pockets of hardworking Texans,” Paxton said.
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