‘Together, We Are America’: MAGA Crashes Out Over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Message
Alexis Wilkins, Kash Patel’s girlfriend, praised the artist’s messaging, then got backlash and swore she didn't even watch.
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Hundreds of millions of Americans tuned into Super Bowl LX on Sunday for the country’s most-watched television broadcast of the year. If they weren’t in it for the game, the commercials, or to stuff themselves sick with buffalo wings (guilty), however, they were most definitely in it for a highly-anticipated halftime show by Bad Bunny (né Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio).
A lot happened during the 13-minute performance: Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance; two people got legally married; Ocasio gave his new Grammy to a little boy, seemingly meant to portray a younger version of himself; and everyone got a crash course in American geography. In the final part of his performance, Bad Bunny picked up a football inscribed with the logo, “Together We Are America,” and shouted, “God bless America,” before listing every country on the North American continent while the jumbotron behind him displayed the message, “THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE.” MAGA did not like that.
Benito Bowl undeniably lived up to its expectations as a performance to remember, and while official data is yet to roll in, it’s currently projected to be one of the most-watched halftime shows in Super Bowl history—and with special thanks to the MAGA viewers who clearly couldn’t look away.
Trump, despite previously saying he’d refuse to watch it, appeared to broadcast it across several screens at his Mar-a-Lago watch party. Alexis Wilkins, girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, got immediate backlash for praising the performance on Twitter, writing, “Unpopular: Republicans need to unite and get on better messaging because this branding is fantastic and allows all dems to get behind it. Also – super aesthetic.” (She later assured her followers that she didn’t actually watch the show. Interesting!) Even Meghan McCain (who isn’t MAGA but is still a Republican) tweeted early Monday, “I’m sorry but I just genuinely question your taste level if you didn’t enjoy the Bad Bunny halftime show.”
Footage from inside Trump’s golf club Super Bowl party reveals the Bad Bunny half time show played on the big screens.
What a bunch of hypocrites. pic.twitter.com/hF5scOGYek
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 9, 2026
MAGA viewers who tuned in were eager to declare that they were only hate-watching. “Nah, I like my half time shows in English from ppl who love America,” Megyn Kelly tweeted. “SOMEONE CALL IN AN ICE RAID AT THE SUPER BOWL!” wrote Laura Loomer, the self-proclaimed “journalist” and self-described “white advocate.” “What are all of these foreign flags?????” Trump, predictably, went on an insane Truth Social rant: “The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence. Nobody understands a word this guy is saying.” He added: “This ‘Show’ is just a ‘slap in the face’ to our Country, which is setting new standards and records every single day.”
Bad Bunny’s entire performance was, yes, delivered in Spanish… which is the second-most spoken language in the country. Speaking at a pre-show press conference, Ocasio addressed his decision to sing in Spanish, saying, “English is not my first language. But it’s OK, it’s not America’s first language either.” It’s also the most spoken language in Puerto Rico, where Bad Bunny is from, and which has been a U.S. territory since 1898, but MAGA has never been good with history…or geography…or facts.
Meanwhile, Turning Point USA’s sad little attempt to compete with Bad Bunny’s show was executed just as pathetically as you’d expect. Titled the “All-American Halftime Show,” with Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert (who?) , and Gabby Barrett (who????), it was streamed live on YouTube and was meant to stream on Twitter, but TP USA claimed that they ran into licensing restrictions at the last minute. The “show” began with an anti-abortion ad from the anti-abortion Live Action and was introduced by Pete Hegseth, who thanked TP USA for its “courage.” I guess it does take a certain kind of courage to be this shamelessly stupid.
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