Charlie Kirks TPUSA Plans Competing Halftime Show Amid Bad Bunny Backlash
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Turning Point USA Plans Alternative Super Bowl Show
Above: The Turning Point USA logo on the stage during an "American Comeback Tour" stop in Blacksburg, Virginia on Sept. 24, 2025. Image copyright: Alex Wroblewski/AFP/Getty Images
The Spin
Left narrative
Turning Point USA's announcement has exposed the right's thinly veiled xenophobia. MAGA supporters are melting down over a Puerto Rican American artist performing at an American sporting event, revealing their ignorance about basic U.S. geography and Puerto Rican people's status as American citizens. Critics are disguising cultural gatekeeping as patriotism.
Right narrative
Americans deserve a family-friendly halftime show instead of another woke culture warrior spectacle. Bad Bunny's disrespectful behavior toward the United States proves he's unfit to represent American values on the nation's biggest stage. Hopefully, Turning Point USA can make a statement with the ratings and the NFL will learn there that are consequences for its controversial choices.