Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday grew to become the newest Republican lawmaker to show the upcoming Tremendous Bowl LX halftime present right into a political debate — and slammed mega-famous Puerto Rican rapper and singer Dangerous Bunny as a “terrible choice” to headline.
He then named his most popular alternative for the record-breaking, Grammy-winning artist.
“I didn’t even know who Bad Bunny was, but it sounds like a terrible decision, in my view, from what I’m hearing,” Johnson, whereas on the U.S. Capitol constructing, informed reporter Pablo Manríquez, who runs immigration information outlet Migrant Insider.
Born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Dangerous Bunny has offered thousands and thousands of albums, gained three Grammys, damaged world information and been credited for serving to Spanish-language rap cross into the mainstream. When requested to make clear his pondering on Tuesday, Johnson doubled down.
“Well, it sounds like he’s not someone who appeals to a broader audience,” he mentioned. “And I think there’s so many eyes on the Super Bowl. A lot of young, impressionable children. And I think, in my view, you would have Lee Greenwood, or role models, doing that.”
“Not somebody like this,” Johnson continued with out additional clarification.
Quite a few different MAGA Republicans seem to have an issue with “somebody like this” helming the NFL’s coveted halftime occasion — together with President Donald Trump, Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem and Division of Homeland Safety adviser Corey Lewandowski.
“I don’t know who he is,” Trump informed NewsMax’s Greg Kelly in a telephone interview Monday, including: “I don’t know why they are doing it. It’s like crazy, and then they blame it on some promoter that they hired to pick up entertainment. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”
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Jay-Z’s Roc Nation leisure firm is behind the present annually. Dangerous Bunny and his world attain had been possible a extra promising match than 82-year-old Greenwood, who has carried out his tune “God Bless the USA” at a number of Trump occasions in previous years.
Lewandowski threatened throughout a current look on right-winger Benny Johnson’s podcast to have ICE brokers attend the February sport at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Noem confirmed as a lot, telling Johnson: “We are going to enforce the law.”
Whereas Dangerous Bunny left the U.S. out of his upcoming Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour amid fears that the Trump administration would use his reveals as honeypots to ensnare immigrant followers, the celebrity is an American citizen, as anybody born within the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico naturally is.
