While President Donald Trump criticized Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, Democrats celebrated it, and ridiculed Turning Point USA’s alternative performance. Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, whose stage name is Bad Bunny, made headlines at Sunday’s show by performing mostly in Spanish, celebrating his Puerto Rican heritage, and using songs with sexually explicit lyrics. President Trump said “nobody understands a word this guy is saying,” and he criticized the dancing as inappropriate for young children. Turning Point USA announced an alternate Super Bowl halftime show in October, a development growing out of conservative disgust at previous halftime shows. “When you have the most televised event for the entire year, that should be a reflection of the virtue that hopefully you want society to embody,” Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk says in a video the organization released before the show. Bad Bunny’s recent speech at the Grammys only exacerbated political divisions, when he demanded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave Minneapolis. “When you have the most televised event for the entire year, that should be a reflection of the virtue that hopefully you want society to embody.”That's why we've made the All-American Halftime Show.Watch tomorrow around 8PM ET. pic.twitter.com/qyBWUlamlq— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) February 7, 2026 Democrats largely celebrated Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican heritage, and mocked the Turning Point USA show, which featured Kid Rock. Democrat Comments California Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated Bad Bunny’s performance as “a beautiful moment.” “Together, we are America,” he wrote on X. Thank you @sanbenito for taking the California stage and using your voice at #SuperBowl LX. A beautiful moment!Together, we are America. pic.twitter.com/VaZyPgEAVR— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) February 9, 2026 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., celebrated the performance as making the Super Bowl the “Boricua bowl,” i.e. Puerto Rican. Boricua bowl let’s gooooo ??????— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 9, 2026 New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a celebration of the show on X. He posted the name of one of Bad Bunny’s songs, “NUEVAYoL,” a Puerto Rican version of New York, with a Puerto Rican flag emoji. NUEVAYoL ??! https://t.co/qDyugVOnJi— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) February 9, 2026 Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, posted an image of Bad Bunny designed like 2008 campaign posters for Barack Obama. “Bad Bunny understood the assignment,” the Democrat wrote. Bad Bunny understood the assignment… pic.twitter.com/NC2mivXbMC— Jasmine Crockett (@JasmineForUS) February 9, 2026 Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee posted a meme contrasting the estimated 135 million Americans who watched Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show with the 10 million viewers who watched Kid Rock’s performance with Turning Point USA. Bad Bunny’s halftime show was the most-watched performance in NFL history. pic.twitter.com/pzMcFm51Lu— Democrats (@TheDemocrats) February 9, 2026 When Turning Point USA’s show ran into a snag for streaming on X, Newsom’s press office posted, “Even Elon [Musk] doesn’t want to listen to Kid Rock!” Even Elon doesn’t want to listen to Kid Rock! https://t.co/BfhrvH8pVN— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) February 9, 2026 Turning Point USA “We’re approaching this show like David and Goliath,” Kid Rock said in a statement ahead of the show. “Competing with the pro football machine and a global pop superstar is almost impossible … or is it?” Turning Point USA said the show would have “no agenda other than to celebrate faith, family, and freedom.” The show, which has garnered more than 20 million views on YouTube, featured patriotic songs and tributes to Charlie Kirk. The post Democrats Champion Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show, Attack Turning Point USA Alternative appeared first on The Daily Signal.