Turning Point USA Announces MAGA-Approved Super Bowl Halftime Show to Protest Bad Bunny

Apparently, determination are a batch of radical retired determination who really, truly can’t basal the thought of listening to idiosyncratic sing successful Spanish, adjacent for conscionable 10 minutes.

In airy of Bad Bunny‘s assignment arsenic the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner, Turning Point USA has announced its plans to big an alternate mid-game performance — featuring “anything successful English” erstwhile it comes to the music.

The blimpish governmental radical founded by precocious MAGA commentator Charlie Kirk broke the quality connected Thursday (Oct. 9), sharing a station connected X reading, “It’s true, Turning Point USA is thrilled to denote The All American Halftime Show.”

The programme is intended to observe “faith, household and freedom,” according to a graphic included successful the post.

The enactment besides noted that the show’s performers volition beryllium announced “soon,” though it appears arsenic though nary artists person really been booked yet. On the website for the “All American Halftime Show,” there’s a canvass asking radical to ballot for which benignant of euphony they’d similar to perceive travel crippled time connected Feb. 8 adjacent year, including country, pop, “worship,” Americana and classical rock, arsenic good arsenic an enactment the elemental says “anything successful English.”

Billboard has reached retired to Bad Bunny’s rep for comment.

The “anything successful English” prime points to the main ailment galore MAGA Republicans person expressed online successful effect to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation selecting Benito to execute astatine adjacent year’s Super Bowl successful Santa Clara, Calif. Many are upset that idiosyncratic whose euphony is chiefly successful Spanish would beryllium asked to headline, portion White House advisor Corey Lewandowski recently said it’s “shameful they’ve decided to prime idiosyncratic who seems to hatred America truthful much.”

President Donald Trump besides fueled the occurrence by calling Bad Bunny a “ridiculous” choice. “I ne'er heard of him,” the twice-impeached person said recently. “I don’t cognize who helium is. I don’t cognize wherefore they’re doing it. It’s, like, crazy.”

It’s unclear wherever radical whitethorn person gotten the conception that Bad Bunny successful immoderate mode stands successful absorption to the U.S. The instrumentalist is from Puerto Rico, which is an unincorporated territory of the country. And portion Benito did elite to not play immoderate American dates connected his upcoming tour, he’s explicitly stated that the prime was not made “out of hate” for the Land of the Free.

“I’ve performed determination galore times,” he told I-D in September. “All of [the shows] person been successful. All of them person been magnificent. I’ve enjoyed connecting with Latinos who person been living...