The Real Reason Conservatives Are Furious About Bad Bunny's Halftime Show
The Puerto Rican artist is a direct rebuke to GOP efforts to whitewash America.
Conservative media outlets and Trump administration officials attacked the NFL's announcement that Bad Bunny would headline the Super Bowl halftime show.
- Homeland Security head Kristi Noem promised that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement "would be all over the Super Bowl."
- President Donald Trump called the selection "absolutely ridiculous."
- Right-wing commentator Benny Johnson complained that the rapper has "no songs in English."
- Conservative pundit Tomi Lahren said Bad Bunny is "Not an American artist."
Bad Bunny – born Benito A. Martínez Ocasio – is a superstar, one of the top-streaming artists in the world. And because he is Puerto Rican, he’s a U.S.
Bad Bunny checks many boxes that irk conservatives, including endorsing Kamala Harris for president in 2024.
Author's summary: Conservatives furious over Bad Bunny's halftime show.