"In an ideal world, those two facts would be celebrated by everyone, but unfortunately our current political climate is one where xenophobia and racism are so prevalent that a halftime artist performing in Spanish instead of English is somehow controversial - so much so that Turning Point USA organized an alternative " all-American halftime show" headlined by Kid Rock. (It's worth reminding people that Puerto Rico is part of America, and Bad Bunny, like all Puerto Ricans, is a U.S. citizen.)"
"Instead of meeting negativity with negativity - or even mentioning Trump or ICE by name - Bad Bunny's set was a celebration of Puerto Rican culture. His elaborate set pieces included sugar cane fields; a piragua cart; a casita that featured celebrities like Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Jessica Alba and Karol G; a table of old men playing dominoes; exploding utility poles mea"
Bad Bunny delivered the first Super Bowl halftime show performed entirely in Spanish, arriving a week after becoming the first fully Spanish-language Album of the Year Grammy winner. Political backlash framed a Spanish-language performance as controversial, prompting an alternative show organized by Turning Point USA despite Puerto Ricans' U.S. citizenship. Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio declined a mainland tour amid ICE-raid concerns, staging a Puerto Rico residency that generated an estimated $400–700 million for the island. The halftime set celebrated Puerto Rican culture with sugar cane fields, a piragua cart, a casita with celebrities, domino players, explosive visuals, and avoided direct political name-calling.
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