Trump-supporting influencer escorted from Ken Paxton rally in San Antonio
Thelma Louise, a TikTok influencer who says she supports Donald Trump and the Republican Party, was escorted out of a campaign rally for Texas Senate hopeful Ken Paxton in San Antonio on Sunday. She filmed the incident and said she had done nothing wrong, prompting questions about why she was asked to leave; the article gives no response from Paxton’s campaign.
Louise said she had driven two hours to attend and was told that Paxton’s campaign manager wanted her to leave, but that she was not given anyone to speak to about the decision. She has more than 204,000 TikTok followers, says she left the Democratic Party two years ago and volunteered for Trump’s 2024 campaign, and noted that she had previously received press credentials for other Republican events.
- Thelma Louise was escorted out of Ken Paxton’s San Antonio rally.
- She says she was given no explanation for her removal.
- Paxton’s campaign response is not included in the article.
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Ken Paxton is a Republican politician and Texas’s attorney general. He is seeking his party’s nomination for a seat in the US Senate, where each state elects two senators to represent it in Congress.
Donald Trump is a Republican and former US president whose support remains influential in the party. Thelma Louise is a social media personality who says she supports Trump and has backed Republican campaigns; her TikTok videos reach a large audience.
Campaign rallies are events where candidates meet supporters and promote their campaigns. Who is allowed to attend or film can matter to candidates, journalists and campaign staff, and an organiser’s decision to remove someone may prompt questions about how access is managed.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “MAGA influencer breaks into tears after being escorted out of Paxton event in Texas: ‘I did nothing wrong’”.