The Super Bowl, that most American of all cultural touchstones, has historically brought America together. But not this time. Naturally, there’s a wild political backlash against the chosen halftime headliner, a wildly popular entertainer known as Bad Bunny.
His critics won’t come right out and say it, but the reason is obvious, with apologies to last year’s halftime performer, Kendrick Lamar: He’s not like us.
When Puerto Rico’s genre-defining Spanish-language rapper was announced , people freaked out, especially in the MAGA-sphere. Bad Bunny (real name: Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) refuses to tour U.S. cities, worried that his fans will be targeted by ICE agents. Not only that, he doesn’t sing in English.
President Trump called the choice “crazy.” His Homeland Security people p