NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is doubling down on his decision to feature Bad Bunny at Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, despite the Puerto Rican rapper's inflammatory anti-ICE comments at last weekend's Grammy Awards. The league chief claims the performer 'understands' his platform is to 'unite people' – but patriots are asking: unite around what exactly?
Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, made headlines at the Grammys when he joined other Hollywood elites in attacking President Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. As Trump's administration works to secure our borders and remove illegal immigrants who've flouted our laws, Bad Bunny apparently thinks it's his job to undermine federal law enforcement.
Social media erupted over Goodell's tone-deaf defense of the controversial performer. Twitter user @danvzla posted: 'Roger Goodell defends Bad Bunny Super Bowl appearance after ICE out remark at Grammys,' highlighting the growing backlash against the NFL's decision.
The timing couldn't be worse for Goodell, who's already facing criticism for the league's woke policies and anti-American messaging that has alienated millions of fans.
But this isn't just about one performer's political grandstanding. Goodell is simultaneously defending the NFL's recent decision to indefinitely postpone diversity hiring programs – a move that has drawn fire from the left. Reporter Jori Epstein tweeted about Goodell's comments on minority coaching hires, noting his dismissal of concerns about the diversity program's impact.
Here's what's really happening: The NFL wants to have it both ways. They'll platform anti-enforcement activists like Bad Bunny while claiming they're just trying to 'unite' people. They'll quietly shelve their woke hiring quotas while still virtue signaling to Hollywood elites.
American football fans deserve better than lectures from foreign performers about our immigration laws. Will patriots tune out this Super Bowl's political theater, or will they send Goodell and the NFL a message about putting America first?