Sabrina Rodriguez

I fell into the bad bunny beat back in September when he was first announced to be the Super Bowl halftime headliner.

You know, at the time, it triggered backlash among MAGA influencers and folks in conservative circles, in part because of his opposition to Trump's immigration agenda that he's been very public about.

Folks had other complaints about, you know, his exclusive Spanish language lyrics, his gender fluid fashion choices.

So it prompted all this backlash at the time.

And then fast forward, the Grammys, one week out from the Super Bowl, and we saw Bad Bunny take the stage, his acceptance speech for the best Música Urbana album.

And he used that as an opportunity to say ice out.

And that's a phrase that we've seen in protests of the Trump administration's immigration agenda.

And now we kind of see that backlash reigniting again.

Yeah, I mean, I think that the White House press secretary taps into that.

a reality of celebrities speaking out.

We do see that celebrities are raising public awareness of what's happening.

And Bad Bunny's comments at the Grammys sort of reflect the shift that's happening in public opinion right now.

Polls show that a majority of Americans feel that ICE has gone too far and people are souring on how Trump is handling immigration.

So it is a moment of showing sort of that shift.

However, is it something that's going to cause other people

to shift their views on this.

That's not necessarily what's going to happen.

Yes, this has been a challenge for Democrats.

You know, we saw in the 2024 election cycle that immigration was very much one of President Trump's strongest issues.

And it's one that he really harnessed and focused in on to bring in voters.