Texas judge who played victim card booted from rodeo grounds a second time following VIP seating dispute

The justice who oversees the medication of Texas' largest region was escorted retired of a fashionable rodeo venue Thursday for a 2nd clip aft holding a quality league that was sparked by her removal from a performance earlier this week aft attempting to entree a VIP seating country without tickets. 

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo held a little quality league extracurricular NRG Stadium, wherever she attempted to unafraid information camera footage of the incident, earlier she was erstwhile again escorted retired of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo grounds, arsenic she was Tuesday night, the Houston Chronicle reported. 

The justice was escorted to her conveyance by a constabulary item Thursday aft a rodeo spokesperson said she didn't person entree to the rodeo grounds and was lone permitted to concisely code reporters, the paper reported. 

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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo leaves NRG Stadium aft reviewing information footage pursuing an incidental during Tuesday's sold-out performance astatine the venue successful Houston. Hidalgo was removed from the venue aft attempting to entree the ungraded level to the show, which she did not person due tickets oregon credentialing for. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo committee voted to revoke Judge Lina Hidalgo's ex officio rubric amid an ongoing feud.  (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images))

Thursday's removal came aft Hidalgo was escorted from the venue portion attending a Megan Moroney performance portion trying to entree a premium seating area, contempt not having tickets. 

Hidalgo has since had her "ex-officio director" presumption removed by the Rodeo Houston enforcement committee, meaning she volition person to wage to entree rodeo grounds similar everyone else, a spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 

The determination came aft Hidalgo posted video and audio clips and a missive to rodeo leaders astir what unfolded Tuesday night. She said she was manhandled and threatened with apprehension aft trying to entree the concert's chute area. 

Staffers told her she and her guests could not entree the country due to the fact that wristbands were sold retired and that they would person to instrumentality to their suite. Hidalgo was past asked to permission and escorted retired of the venue aft being asked respective times to instrumentality to her seating area, rodeo officials said. 

Rodeo officials contradict Hidalgo's mistreatment claims.

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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo posted abbreviated clips connected societal media showing staffers escorting her from a performance venue astatine the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo this week. Hidalgo said she was manhandled and threatened with apprehension portion attending a performance astatine the fashionable rodeo.  (Getty Images; Lina Hidalgo Facebook)

In a one-page missive to committee officials, Hidalgo suggested that her attraction stemmed from her being a Hispanic woman. She claimed that White men person "felt emboldened to dainty others, peculiarly Hispanics, with carnal force."

"I don't question without my passport anymore," she wrote. "Many of america do, particularly those of america who are not white-passing."

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Chairwoman Pat Phillips and rodeo President Chris Boleman pushed backmost with their ain letter.  

"We are precise disappointed successful Judge Hidalgo’s actions Tuesday nighttime and since. But we indispensable enforce the aforesaid entree policies for everyone," they said. "The Judge is the lone elected authoritative to request, adjacent demand, these seats nighttime aft night. As Chairwoman of the Board, the thought that she was treated this mode due to the fact that she’s a pistillate oregon Hispanic is perfectly mendacious and insulting."

Shelby Pierson carries an American emblem arsenic the nationalist anthem plays earlier Super Series I Round 1 astatine RodoeHouston during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo astatine NRG Park successful Houston, Monday, March 2, 2026. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) (Getty Images)

In addition, Rodeo officials said Hidalgo requested and was fixed $9,000 successful level entree tickets for herself and her guests for 3 erstwhile nights for concerts to spot J Balvin, Dwight Yoakam and Luke Bryan.

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On Thursday, Hidalgo called connected officials to instal much cameras astatine NRG Stadium.

"You can't truly marque things retired due to the fact that it's precise acheronian and it's from a distance," she said.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Hidalgo. As the region judge, Hidalgo serves arsenic its main enforcement and presiding serviceman of the Commissioners Court, the county's governing body, managing a fund implicit $4 billion.