02 U.S. Politics

The Super Bowl is supposed to be one of the cultural cornerstones in American life that still belongs to Americans. There are only a handful of days each year when most of the country pauses and gathers around the same screen to participate in something recognizably ours. It’s a shared experience — rooted in common language and culture and tradition. Which is why the Super Bowl half time show this year was a clear display of pure contempt for America.

Football is not a global sport that just ended up in the United States. It was created right here at home in the 1880s by Walter Camp. It was a sport created by Americans, for Americans. The NFL remains overwhelmingly domestic both in its players and its fanbase. In other words, football isn’t some international pastime. It’s one of the last mass cultural institutions that is distinctly American.

The Turning Point USA All-American Halftime show kicked off Sunday night to millions of fans who streamed the patriotic event online, an alternative to Bad Bunny’s Spanish-only Super Bowl 60 intermission that ended with the Puerto Rican pop star making a politically charged immigration message.

“Welcome to the Turning Point USA All-American Halftime show. And this one’s for you, Charlie,” host Jack Posobiec said, honoring Turning Point USA’s late founder Charlie Kirk, before a rousing electric guitar rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” was played by Brantley Gilbert.

Gilbert got the concert started with a patriotic version of “Real American,” followed by a powerful rendition of Jason Aldean’s “Dirt Road Anthem.”

Gabby Barrett emerged from a near-pitch black space in the stage while the audience erupted in applause, as she opened with her massive hit “I Hope.” The country crooner followed that up with “The Good Ones.”

Turning Point USA’s alternative Super Bowl halftime broadcast drew a massive online audience Sunday night, racking up millions upon millions of viewers.

The organization’s “All-American Halftime Show” streamed online and surpassed 6 million live viewers on Turning Point USA’s own platform alone. The audience grew further as viewers also watched through Rumble, the Charlie Kirk YouTube channel, and other outlets, driving total viewership well beyond that initial figure.

Human Events’ Jack Posobiec introduced the show, dedicating it to the memory of Charlie Kirk. “This one’s for you, Charlie!” Posobiec said to wild applause.

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show was nearly entirely in Spanish. In fact, the artist only said one line in English.

‘The only thing more powerful than hate is love.’

The rest of the English-speaking was left to singer Lady Gaga, who appeared as a wedding singer for some Puerto Rican nuptials before dancing with Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, aka Bad Bunny.

One grandma is going viral after her reaction to the performances was posted online. She could not stand how there were other flags from so many different countries, claiming the production was so bad she demanded the performers “get off the stage” and to “put the game back on.”

Did Bad Bunny not get the memo that this was an American game? It would appear not, as proven by the fact that he dedicated the entire performance to Latin American culture as if that had ANYTHING to do with this country.

A TMZ poll conducted following Sunday’s Super Bowl reveals football fans much preferred an alternative halftime show provided by Turning Point USA on social media, compared to the game’s broadcast halftime performance by a notorious, polarizing, anti-American, anti-law enforcement singer with a penchant for explicit lyrics.

The game’s halftime musical break on NBC and streamed on Peacock pitted singer Bad Bunny performing (almost entirely in Spanish) against TPUSA’s halftime show, headlined by singer Kid Rock (who sang in English).

In terms of viewer approval, it wasn’t much of a contest, according to the TMZ online poll.

Rep. Randy Fine is demanding federal punishment for the NFL and NBC after what he called an explicit and unlawful Super Bowl halftime show.

The Florida Republican blasted Sunday night’s performance by Bad Bunny, arguing that Spanish-language lyrics were used to skirt federal broadcast standards that would never be tolerated in English.

“You can’t say the f-word on live TV,” Fine wrote Monday on X.

Fine said the halftime show crossed clear legal lines and accused the league and network of exploiting a double standard.