"The controversy has escalated beyond social media with Corey Lewandowski, adviser to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, threatening the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the event to detain and deport undocumented immigrants. "There is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else," he told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson on The Benny Show."
"Within hours, a chorus of right-wing commentators and influencers activated a now-familiar script. Johnson branded him "a massive Trump hater" and an "anti-ICE activist." Jack Posobiec, a prominent Pizzagate promoter, took aim at Jay-Z, whose company Roc Nation produces the event, as the architect of cultural "engineering." The "End Wokeness" account, with 4 million followers, resorted to visual mockery, posting an image of the artist in a dress in response to the announcement."
Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show while avoiding the continental US on tour due to fears of ICE raids. MAGA influencers launched a furious backlash, criticizing that he doesn't sing in English and noting his criticism of Donald Trump. Corey Lewandowski, adviser to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, threatened ICE presence at the event to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, saying there is no safe haven. Right-wing commentators and influencers amplified attacks on social platforms, targeting producers and mocking the artist. The episode demonstrates manufactured outrage and frames the Super Bowl as a battleground for identity politics.
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