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MAGA Erupts After Super Bowl Halftime Performer Is Announced

MAGA loyalists are upset that Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl halftime performer.

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On Sunday night, Bad Bunny was announced as the performer for the upcoming Super Bowl halftime show.

It’s hard to think of a contemporary music act that the MAGA crowd wouldn’t have some objection to. But the Daily Beast reported that MAGA is “melting down” over the choice of the Spanish-speaking performer, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, and who has been an outspoken critic of the Trump Administration and ICE.

“Bad Bunny has been a critic of Donald Trump and his hardline anti-immigration agenda, and has previously refused to book gigs in the contiguous United States, fearing ICE raids,” the Beast said.

Bad Bunny has a great deal of mainstream appeal, having appeared in WWE and in the recent Happy Gilmore sequel on Netflix. He is also scheduled to host Saturday Night Live‘s season premiere next month.

Much of the criticism has come from older people who don’t follow the current music scene and are therefore critical of Bad Bunny because they’re unfamiliar with him.

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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