Mexican flag protest sends JD Vance off-script at Republican convention

WorldPolitics
11 Sep 2026 • 2:51 PM MYT
The Independent
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Mexican flag protest sends JD Vance off-script at Republican convention

  • Vice President JD Vance offered to buy a plane ticket to Mexico for a protester who interrupted his speech at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas.
  • The protester drew boos from attendees after waving a Mexican flag inside the stadium before being escorted out by security.
  • Vance criticized the protester from the podium, saying someone living in the U.S. should wave the American flag rather than a foreign one.
  • Outside the venue, anti-Trump demonstrators marched through Dallas, resulting in two arrests after an alleged altercation.
  • NBC News correspondent Garrett Haake publicly questioned whether Vance's quick comeback suggested prior knowledge of the protest.

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