At San Antonio Rally, Trump Warns He’ll ‘Never Forgive’ Texas if Talarico Wins

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas, on Oct.

7, 2026. —Win McNamee—Getty Images Digging in to defend both his pride and his political fortunes, President Donald Trump on Wednesday returned to deep-red Texas to rally for Ken Paxton’s Senate bid, while revealing at times his own trepidation that one of the Republican Party’s longest winning streaks may be about to end on his watch.

As multiple polls show state Rep.

James Talarico with a shot at becoming the first Democrat to win statewide in Texas in more than three decades , Trump warned the crowd in San Antonio, “We’ll never forgive you for what you have done if you let that happen." “The people of Texas are not going to let a weak, gutless, self-hating, transgender-promoting freak show destroy everything that we built," Trump said at another point during his third trip to Texas in less than a month.

"So you need to go and vote for Ken Paxton for U.S.

Senate.” Trump centered much of his remarks on Talarico, deploying nicknames and repeating incorrect claims that he is vegan .

“Now he says he loves meat.

But he’s a vegan. … He wants to eat a little piece of lettuce,” Trump said.

“He’s sick because he’s been forced to eat meat for political reasons.

And he’s throwing up all over the place.

He’s sick.” During a rally that was repeatedly interrupted by protesters, Trump largely made his remarks an emotional appeal to Texas machismo, reminding voters that he plans a firing-squad execution—the first since World War II—of a man convicted of attacking troops in Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.

He also mocked climate change and falsely claimed Democrats want to kill thousands of oil and gas jobs in Texas.

He said gun rights and his own legacy are on the ballot this fall.

“I’ve basically been off-script for the entire night,” Trump said, stating the obvious.