Dropkick Murphys Singer Calls Bad Bunny a ‘True American,’ Says He’ll ‘Go To the Mat’ For 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Performer

The authorities has been unopen down for much than 3 weeks, the president conscionable took a wrecking shot to the White House and much than 40 cardinal Americans are perchance a period distant from losing their nutrient assistance unless Congress acts soon. Those scenarios, and galore more, are wherefore predominant Donald Trump antagonist and punk prodder Ken Casey says we request to absorption connected the existent problems successful the country, not who is performing the halftime amusement astatine adjacent year’s Super Bowl.

The Dropkick Murphys pb vocalist is the latest creator to afloat backmost Bad Bunny‘s booking for what is traditionally 1 of the most-watched televised philharmonic performances of the year, telling Rolling Stone that helium hadn’t truly listened to the planetary superstar’s music, but became a instrumentality aft watching Benito chew up the scenery successful Happy Gilmore 2.

“I volition spell to the mat for that guy,” Casey said of his enactment for Bad Bunny successful the aftermath of his hilarious crook successful the cameo-packed Adam Sandler sequel. “God bless his heart. He is simply a true, existent American” helium added of the Puerto Rican vocalist who is an American citizen. The second remark was a pointed asterisk seemingly aimed astatine the galore MAGA supporters and Trump medication figures who person bashed the Benito booking, including Sec. of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who has threatened a dense ICE presence astatine the Feb. 8 crippled successful Santa Clara, Calif.

“[This administration] conscionable wants to power everything, each narrative,” Casey said of Trump 2.0. “There’s mode bigger problems successful the satellite than who is astatine the halftime amusement astatine the Super Bowl,” informing that, “if you don’t get progressive now, you mightiness suffer your accidental to get involved.” The second remark came aft an estimated 7 cardinal Americans turned retired implicit the play for monolithic “No Kings” protests crossed the state decrying the authoritarian actions of the existent administration.

Casey was besides speaking retired to radiance a airy connected his thrust to mobilize the punk assemblage to articulation him successful supporting Home of the Brave, a nonprofit founded by erstwhile Republicans to talk retired against the Trump medication and lend a dependable to those whose lives person “been straight harmed” by its actions.

The vocalist volition articulation the org’s advisory board, taking his spot alongside committee members including predominant Trump antagonist George Conway, erstwhile Capitol Police serviceman Harry Dunn...