Super Bowl

Eric Boehm | 2.9.2026 10:52 AM

Over the past 20 years, the Super Bowl halftime show has featured performances by the Rolling Stones, the Who, Coldplay, Shakira, and Rihanna. Unlike Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican pop star who drew a record audience for his performance at Sunday's Super Bowl LX, none of those performers are American citizens.

Yet the conservative outrage machine cranked itself into high gear on social media to denounce Bad Bunny, ostensibly because he is somehow undeserving or insufficiently American.

As is often the case, those efforts took their cues from the man at the top. President Donald Trump called the show "an affront to the Greatness of America" and claimed it "doesn't represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence."

Conservative influencer Jake Paul accused Bad Bunny........

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