MAGA’s Biggest Meltdowns This Week Include A Bad Bunny Tantrum And A Fight With The Dictionary
MAGA podcaster and close Donald Trump ally Laura Loomer watched the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on 9 February and came away with one complaint: it wasn’t “white enough for me.” Her review of Bad Bunny’s headline set? “Illegal aliens and Latin hookers twerking at the SuperBowl.” She added: “Can’t even watch a Super Bowl anymore because immigrants have literally ruined everything.”
Someone should probably tell her that Bad Bunny is from Puerto Rico, which has been a United States territory since 1898. Its residents have been US citizens since 1917. That’s 109 years, Laura. Longer than the NFL has existed.
The Grammy-winning rapper was joined on stage by out musicians Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, bisexual rapper Cardi B, openly queer Puerto Rican artist Young Miko, and LGBTQIA+ ally Pedro Pascal. Same-sex couples danced during the performance. So, yes, it was gloriously inclusive. No wonder she was upset.
Bad Bunny’s #SuperBowlLX Halftime performance was unbelievable! Proud of this Puerto Rican born international star! LAdy Gaga & Ricky Martin were amazing too! #SuperBowl #SuperBowl2026 #BadBunnySuperBowl #boricuas #DTmF pic.twitter.com/1VUO4AKxVn
— TheRainbowTimes (@therainbowtimes) February 9, 2026
Trump also posted on Truth Social calling the show “absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!” and complained, “Nobody understands a word this guy is saying.” For anyone wondering, English translations of Bad Bunny’s music are freely available online. Google is right there, sir.
Far-right organisation Turning Point USA (TPUSA) went one step further, running its own alternative halftime show headlined by Kid Rock with an entirely white lineup. Kid Rock, you may recall, once shot up a case of Bud Light with an assault rifle to protest the beer brand’s partnership with a trans woman. And, in 2001, release a song called Cool, Daddy Cool, in which he openly admitted that statutory rape was one of his sexual preferences:
“Young ladies, young ladies
I like ’em underage, see
Some say that’s statutory
But I say it’s mandatory“
A real class act for a “family values” crowd.
Meanwhile, a congresswoman picked a fight with a dictionary.
Wyoming Republican Representative Harriet Hageman had her own moment during a House Judiciary Committee markup session on 3 February. While debating the “Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act,” Hageman declared, “Cisgender is a made-up word. That means nothing. Do not call me cisgender. I am a woman.”
She went on to say the term “epitomises the Left’s ongoing effort to rewrite the English language in order to change the debate and destroy civil order,” according to PinkNews.
For anyone unfamiliar, “cisgender” (often shortened to “cis”) was coined in 1994. It simply refers to a person whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s a neutral descriptor used in medicine, academia, and everyday conversation for over 30 years. All words are, by definition, made up. That’s how language works, Harriet. You’d think a lawyer would know that.
So what have we learnt this week?
A bilingual halftime show featuring queer artists is apparently a threat to national security. A scientific term older than most TikTok users is somehow destroying civil order. And Kid Rock is the best the right can do for counter-programming. At DNA, we’re not sure which part is funnier.
