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Bad Bunny’s controversial Super Bowl halftime show drew immediate praise from prominent Democratic leaders Sunday night.
The show, which was almost entirely in Spanish, angered many conservatives, including President Donald Trump, who called the performance “absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!”
The show has become the subject of much partisan political debate and cultural differences in the country.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom went so far as to declare Sunday “Bad Bunny Day” ahead of Sunday’s game, then thanked the Latin trap artist after the show.
“America the beautiful. THANKS BAD BUNNY,” Newsom wrote on X.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., praised Bad Bunny in Spanish in an X post, then pointed out that she shares the last name “Ocasio” with the artist in a post on BlueSky.
“The Ocasio gang is rising up,” she wrote with a photo of Bad Bunny wearing an Ocasio 64 jersey.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani retweeted a post by New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson and praised the Latin artist.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, shared a photo of Bad Bunny in the style of Barack Obama’s famous 2008 “hope” campaign poster with the caption, “Bad Bunny got the job done…”
Late. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., made several X-posts celebrating the Puerto Rican artist and took aim at conservative figures for criticizing the show, including boxer Jake Paul and Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ new “Headquarters” X account made several posts celebrating the show and attacking Trump and Jake Paul for criticizing it.
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Trump’s criticism of the halftime show became one of the most viral storylines of all of Super Bowl Sunday.
“The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely horrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an insult to America’s Greatness, and does not represent our standards of success, creativity, or excellence. No one understands a word this guy says and the dancing is disgusting, especially for little kids watching from around the world, Tru Social,” he wrote.
“This ‘Show’ is just a ‘slap in the face’ to our country, which sets new standards and records every single day – including the best stock market and 401(k)si in history! There is nothing inspiring about this mess of a Halftime Show and look, it will get good reviews from the Fake News Media because they have no idea what is going on in the REAL, WORLD, which it should immediately replace in the NFL. Ridiculous new kickoff rule. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Prominent conservative influencers were among the show’s harshest critics and even the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the US Department of Justice Harmeet Dhillon chimed in.
The show was expected to be the first Super Bowl halftime show to be sung entirely in Spanish. However, pop artist Lady Gaga appeared to sing the Bruno Mars song “Die With a Smile”.
Many fans opted to skip this year’s Super Bowl halftime show to watch Turning Point USA’s “All-American” halftime show headlined by Kid Rock.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell defended with Bad Bunny as a performer earlier this week.
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“Look, Bad Bunny is, and I think it was demonstrated last night, one of the great performers in the world, and that’s one of the reasons we chose him,” Goodell said. “But the other reason is that he understood the platform he was on, and this platform is used to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents and to be able to use this moment to do that, and I think artists in the past have done that.
“I think Bad Bunny understands that and I think he’s going to have a great performance.”
