Why Turning Point USA’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Is Going All American

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After some Republicans criticized the NFL for picking Bad Bunny to headline the 2026 Apple MusicSuper BowlLX Halftime Show, one conservative organization is now looking to have its own “All American” show.Turning Point USA, a right-wing political advocacy organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk, announced on Thursday that it’s holding its own performance during football’s biggest night on Sunday, Feb. 8, that will likely be streamed online.

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The All American Halftime Show,” the org wrote on social media. “Performers and event details coming soon.”While it hasn’t been revealed who the artist would be, House Speaker Mike Johnson previously suggested 1980s country singerLee Greenwood as a good pick for the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

After it was announced that global superstar and Puerto Rican rapper-singer

Bad Bunny would be taking to the stage in February, some conservatives slammed the decision, including President Donald Trump, who called it “absolutely ridiculous.” Johnson also said it was “a terrible decision.”Bad Bunny has been openly critical of the Trump Administration’s aggressive immigration policy, condemning the ongoing ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] raids happening across the country. That’s also why the artist chose not to include any United States stops on his Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour over concerns about potentialICEraids at his concerts.

   

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Last week, Bad Bunny addressed the Halftime Show backlash while hosting the Saturday Night Live season 51 premiere, saying, “I’m really excited to be doing the Super Bowl, I know that people all around the world who love my music are also happy.”

He added in Spanish during his opening monologue, “Especially all of the Latinos and Latinas in the world here in the United States who have worked to open doors,” he said in Spanish. “It’s more than a win for myself, it’s a win for all of us. Our footprints and our contribution in this country, no one will ever be able to take that away or erase it.”