"I think maybe the reason that Trump doesn't like Bad Bunny is because Bad Bunny unlike him isn't a nepo trust fund baby, Navarro said on Monday's show. Just 10 years ago this is amazing to me just 10 years ago Benito Martinez Ocasio, Bad Bunny, was bagging groceries at a supermarket in San Juan and uploading his music to YouTube. Ten years later, here he is at the biggest stage in the world."
"And I can't overstate what it means to the Latino community that has seen itself persecuted, attacked, racially profiled. We have seen for the last year our children dragged through the streets. We have seen our pregnant women, our elderly dragged through the streets, disappeared and detained. To have Bad Bunny use that platform to say, Do not otherize us. We are all part of America, and we are all equal and we all belong, and love is stronger than hate.'"
"There were so many people texting me yesterday on my timeline who told me they were weeping. You know, micro joys help us deal with macro sadness, Navarro added. I have had macro sadness for over a year under Trump seeing what he has done to my community and what he continues to do to my community. I am so grateful to Bad Bunny for having given me that micro joy."
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance served as a powerful moment of emotional uplift for many Latinos experiencing ongoing fear and marginalization. The NFL's selection of Bad Bunny prompted backlash from President Donald Trump and MAGA supporters, who staged an alternative show featuring Kid Rock. Bad Bunny rose from bagging groceries and uploading music to YouTube a decade ago to performing on a global stage. Many viewers were moved to tears as he used his platform to reject othering, assert that Latinos belong in America, and emphasize equality and love over hate amid reports of persecution, profiling, detentions, and family separation.
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