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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back at boxer Jake Paul on Monday after the fighter called Bad Bunny a “fake American citizen” and vowed to boycott the Super Bowl LX halftime show.
Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., was among those enjoying the Grammy Award-winning artist’s act during a game where the Seattle Seahawks took home their second Super Bowl title in a 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks after Mahmoud Khalil arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport on June 21, 2025. (Michael Karas/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
“A ‘Fake US Citizen?’ Didn’t you move to Puerto Rico to avoid paying your taxes while children across America are starving?” the congresswoman wrote the X.
“Meanwhile, Benito is actually funding low-income kids access to arts and sports programs while you pay them. Of course you’re mad. He’s making you look small.”
Paul later clarified that he reprimanded Bad Bunny because of his stance against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations despite being a US citizen.
Jake Paul fights Anthony Joshua in their heavyweight bout during Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua at the Kaseya Center on December 19, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Ed Mulholland/Getty Images for Netflix)
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“To clarify: I did not call someone a ‘fake citizen’ because they are from Puerto Rico. I live in Puerto Rico and I love Puerto Rico. I have used my platform to support Puerto Rico time and time again and always will,” Paul wrote on X. “But if you publicly criticize ICE doing their job and openly hate America, I speak the same reason Hunter does. Hess.
“If you take advantage of a country and the platform it gives you, but publicly disrespect it at the same time, that’s what I mean by being a fake citizen. And I agree that love is stronger than hate. Love America.”
Bad Bunny prominently spoke out against ICE when he accepted his Grammy Award for Album of the Year earlier this month.
Bad Bunny performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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“ICE out,” he said. “We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens — we’re human and we’re Americans.”
