The mayor of Arlington, Texas, has been accused of cursing out a controversial street preacher in a shocking caught-on-camera outburst. 

Jim Ross, who has held the position of mayor in a Texas city since 2021, was shown in a Vice video from 2018 criticizing a protestor at the Southern Decadence festival in New Orleans, an annual LGBT event taking place during Labor Day weekend.

The Dallas Express reported that Ross appears in the resurfaced video, although his face is obscured, shouting offensive comments regarding anal sex at Christian street preacher Ruben Israel. 

Israel, who died in 2023, was known for showing up to pride events with his supporters and holding anti-gay signs. 

Additionally, he frequently mocked Muslims at Islamic gatherings nationwide, once remarking that the religion leads to ‘crime, murder, and destruction’ wherever it exists.

Ross was seen holding a beer at the festival in New Orleans and decided to get up in Israel’s face to shout him down.

‘I believe y’all can have free speech… But this is some hateful s**t and I am a heterosexual guy,’ said Ross, who would be elected mayor of Arlington three years after this event.

Jim Ross, who wasn’t the mayor of Arlington at this time, is allegedly seen screaming at Christian street preacher Ruben Israel during a LGBT pride event in New Orleans

Israel, who died in 2023, was known for showing up to pride events with his supporters and holding anti-gay signs

‘You stand out here like you’re a bada** motherf***er, hoping somebody starts some s**t,’ Ross said, before calling Israel a ‘punk motherf***er’.

‘You don’t think anal sex is good, do you?’ he said before launching into an obscene tirade about intercourse with Israel’s ‘old lady.’

After that, someone handed Ross a megaphone so he could continue his X-rated rant to all of Israel’s supporters at the same time. 

He raised his voice at the anti-LGBT demonstrators, telling them ‘these people around here are having a good f***ing time… They don’t come to your stupid redneck church and f***ing talk s***!’

His rant ended with him calling someone in Israel’s camp a ‘p***y motherf***er’. He then pushed through the crowd to confront that person.

Some Arlington and Tarrant County residents were disappointed or upset about Ross’s behavior at the event.

Elected Texas Republicans called for Ross to resign as they branded him ‘disgusting’ and ‘a disgrace’ for the outburst 

‘This is unfortunate. I am not certain what prompted this altercation. He sounds inebriated,’ Arlington resident Kathi Arocha told The Express.

Elected Texas Republicans were significantly harsher in their condemnation of Ross.

‘This video is beyond shocking. What a disgusting piece of human garbage. Mayor Ross should resign immediately,’ said Tarrant County GOP Chairman Bo French.

‘The now Mayor of Arlington’s vile, profanity-laced rant at the late Ruben Israel, a Christian street preacher, is a disgrace. Perhaps the mayor was stressed out because of not being able to pay his taxes of late, but his unprofessional conduct mirrors the worst of today’s cursing Democrats. Leadership demands better,’ Tarrant County Republican Precinct Chair TK Campbell added.

Campbell was referring to Ross’s unpaid taxes, which has led the IRS to garnish his salary.

Records from the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector show Ross owes $940.39 in penalties and interest, with a total outstanding debt of $174,945.93 as of June 2025. 

Daily Mail approached Jim Ross’s office for comment.