Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday grew to become the most recent 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 “horrible alternative” to headline.
He then named his most popular alternative for the record-breaking, Grammy-winning artist.
“I didn’t even know who Dangerous Bunny was, nevertheless it seems like a horrible resolution, for my part, from what I’m listening to,” 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 bought 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.
“Effectively, it seems like he’s not somebody who appeals to a broader viewers,” he stated. “And I believe there’s so many eyes on the Tremendous Bowl. Lots of younger, impressionable kids. And I believe, for my part, you’d have Lee Greenwood, or position fashions, doing that.”
“Not any person like this,” Johnson continued with out additional clarification.
Quite a few different MAGA Republicans seem to have an issue with “any person 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’s,” Trump informed NewsMax’s Greg Kelly in a cellphone interview Monday, including: “I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s like loopy, after which they blame it on some promoter that they employed to select up leisure. I believe it’s completely 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 doubtless 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 latest 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’re going to implement the legislation.”
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 exhibits as honeypots to ensnare immigrant followers, the famous person is an American citizen, as anybody born within the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico naturally is.
