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House Speaker Johnson Calls Bad Bunny at Super Bowl a Terrible Decision, Says It Shouldve Been Someone With a Broader Audience Like Lee GreenwoodHouse Speaker Mike Johnson has weighed in on the political debate over Bad Bunny being booked to play the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, saying it was a terrible decision echoing the beliefs of President Donald J. Trump, who already established his own antipathy toward Bad Bunny.
Johnson did have some constructive input for who he believes should have been picked to perform by halftime producer Roc Nation: The Republican leader said 80s country star Lee Greenwood would have been Americas clear and obvious preference, citing a broader audience.
Asked about the controversy outside House chambers, Johnson admitted that the globally popular artist who just hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend was not really on his radar, but said he knew it was a bad call anyway.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/house-speaker-johnson-calls-bad-051318098.html
Lee Greenwood hasn't had a hit in decades apparently. The only song of his I know is that smarmy "God Bless the USA."

Aristus
(71,067 posts)The Horst Wessel Lied of the American Nazi Party.
A musical abomination that would have been consigned to the dustbin of musical history if it hadn't been for 9/11/2001 and everything after. It gave second-rate radio stations an excuse to play it 24/7 for weeks, thereby obviating the need to come up with original and appealing program rosters.
GiqueCee
(2,893 posts)... When you're in a hole which you most definitely are the smart move is to stop digging, before it becomes your grave. Politically speaking of course. Heh, heh, heh.
Ocelot II
(127,684 posts)Even this old white lady has heard of Bad Bunny. Lee Greenwood fell off my radar 20 years ago after everyone got tired of God Bless The USA.
angrychair
(11,247 posts)The moment I heard it. The Republican desire to blend religion with patriotism is as unpalatable as it is unAmerican.
Quiet Em
(2,319 posts)Weirdo clowns.
tanyev
(48,044 posts)Didnt the Republican party used to scream from the rooftops that government had no right to interfere with the decisions of privately owned businesses??
Now the Republican party is devoted to soothing the feelings of one petty, thin-skinned moron who thinks his opinions on EVERY.DAMN.THING should be catered to.
Diraven
(1,658 posts)Or ask the Supreme Court to strike down the 1961 law that gives them an exemption. They're not above strong arming businesses to get their way. They've already done it with most of the big media companies.
Attilatheblond
(7,454 posts)Faux pas
(15,963 posts)blissful for the ignorant
usonian
(21,342 posts)
No slight to (us) fatties.
markie
(23,678 posts)these guys like Bad Bunny more than they do Lee Greenwood!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(129,636 posts)So I guess it's okay per Kegbreath.
Attilatheblond
(7,454 posts)That closet Mike Johnson lives in must not have internet.