Protester heckles JD Vance, spices up his GOP midterm convention speech: ‘Just discovered the symbol of the far-left’

DALLAS — A Mexican flag-waving man dressed in a purple shirt crashed Vice President JD Vance’s speech to the Republican midterm convention, prompting the veep to go off script.

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Chants of “USA” broke out as security rushed over to the man who stood not far from the far-left corner of the stage as Vance addressed the jubilant crowd of the MAGA faithful for the GOP midterm convention.

“Well, my friend, if you love Mexico so much, get your ass over there,” Vance quipped as security dragged him away.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I had a whole speech written,” the veep continued. “But I think I gotta change it because we just discovered the symbol of the far left: an idiot waving … a Mexican flag at a protest when he should be waving the flag of the United States of America.”

In contrast to President Trump, who deviated dramatically from his pre-planned remarks during his barn-busting headliner speech to the convention Wednesday, Vance had largely stuck to the script until the protester spiced things up for him.

“As much as that person might wave around a foreign flag, he’d much rather live in Dallas or in Cincinnati, or in any one of our great cities than Mexico,” Vance stressed. “But while we wave the American flag and fight for the American dream, we have to remind ourselves tonight that the good life that is the foundation of this country’s promise is not guaranteed.”

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“And this fall, the Democrats are running candidates who will tell your children what they’re allowed to say, how they’re allowed to live, and, importantly, who they ought to hate,” the veep went on. “Because that’s what the Democrat Party is about in 2026. It’s not about you. It’s about who they hate.”

“It’s about foreign fraudsters, and it’s about who they hate, and we got to send their asses back into November.”

Vance then pivoted back to his prepared remarks.

Thursday’s interruption marked the first time during the two-day GOP gathering in the American Airlines Center that a protester had managed to sneak into the arena and interrupt a speech. 

After Vance wrapped up, he welcomed Lee Greenwood to the stage to perform Trump’s de facto anthem, “God Bless the USA.” Trump then took the stage for what he said would be “a little bit brief” speech relative to the roughly 2-hour address he delivered on Wednesday. 

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