The Turning Point USA “All-American” Super Bowl Halftime Show, like every venture in the MAGA/Trump ecosystem, is a grim, sinister, mean-spirited fight against progress, evolution, and diversity disguised as sincere virtue.
The fact that the Right feels compelled to create an “alternative” to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl appearance speaks eloquently about their desire to secede from a culturally and racially diverse nation, how committed they are to perpetuating the myth of oppressed white Christians, and how determined they are to manipulate every event into a racist holy war in order to keep their hateful rank-and-file foaming at the mouth.
Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet said in a statement that the show “is an opportunity for all Americans to enjoy a halftime show with no agenda other than to celebrate faith, family, and freedom.”
But whose faith are they celebrating?
Not the spiritual beliefs of Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Sikhs, Unitarians, or non-MAGA Evangelical Christians.
Whose families are they talking about?
Not Latino families, or black families, or immigrant families, or LGBTQ families, that’s for damn sure.
And exactly whose freedom will take center stage on Sunday?
Not the people with brown skin being relentlessly terrorized by ICE, not the thousands of sexual assault survivors brutalized by Jeffrey Epstein and his collaborators, not the tens of millions of women who deserve autonomy over their own bodies, and not the migrants and refugees being persecuted by these cosplaying Christians.
Trump and his supporters don’t want an alternative halftime show; they want an alternative white, gated community nation where only they benefit.
In these days, we are in a brutal battle for an America where everyone will find opportunity, safety, and welcome.
It’s time we all got in the game.
– John Pavlovitz
Excerpted from “Bad Bunny, Kid Rock,
and MAGA's Super Bowl of Racism”
The Beautiful Mess
February 3, 2026
Excerpted from “Bad Bunny, Kid Rock,
and MAGA's Super Bowl of Racism”
The Beautiful Mess
February 3, 2026
Related Off-site Links:
Bad Bunny’s Historic Grammy Win Delivers a Powerful Message to Trump’s Divided America – Kevin E G Perry (The Independent, February 2, 2026).
Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish Among Celebrities Criticizing ICE at Grammys – Rebecca Cohen and Nicole Acevedo (NBC News, February 1, 2026).
Why Bad Bunny Won’t Get Paid for the Super Bowl Halftime Show – Matt Craig (Forbes, January 30, 2026).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Michael Jochum on Bad Bunny and the “Great American Meltdown”
• John Pavlovitz: Quote of the Day – September 30, 2025
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