WASHINGTON (TNND) — FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend Alexis Wilkins praised the “branding” for Bad Bunny’s Superbowl half time performance show, calling on Republicans to take notes from Democrats.
For months, members of Trump’s administration and allies have criticized the National Football League’s decision to have Bad Bunny, legally named Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, perform on Sunday. Bad Bunny, a U.S. citizen from Puerto Rico, has publicly spoken out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, calling at the Grammy’s for “ICE out.”
Wilkins, a country music singer and conservative commentator, shared a post from the Democratic National Committee which was a poster promoting Bad Bunny’s performance. The poster included a picture of Bad Bunny with the American flag flying behind him.
Across the poster it read “All-American Halftime with Bad Bunny.”
“Unpopular: Republicans need to unite and get on better messaging because this branding is fantastic and allows all dems to get behind it,” Wilkins wrote late Sunday.
“Also – super aesthetic,” she continued.
Commentators called Wilkins’ apparent praise of Bad Bunny and the Democrats to be “disgusting,” and one commentator accused her of being a “leftist.”
“Nothing American about the halftime. Spanish is not our national language. Flying other countries flags is ridiculous and is treasonous!” a commentator wrote. “Bad Bunny does not represent America!”
However, Wilkins walked back her comment in a post made Monday.
“An important clarification on my post last night: I didn’t watch Bad Bunny’s performance at all. My point wasn’t the show,” Wilkins wrote.
“My point was that we can’t give the left an inch of the ground we gained in the last election,” Wilkins continued.
“They’re clearly going to cosplay as people who “love America” and our constitution to pick up moderates and youth votes. We have to be mindful to unite as the right (clearly this is not our strong suit) and recognize that Dems in office is worse than anything the right could ever produce in office.”
She called Bad Bunny’s performance on par with a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
“We all thought Bad Bunny was going to come out in a dress that said ICE OUT – but he didn’t. This would’ve all been easier to message if he did. They’re pulling the unity trope and we can’t let them have it,” Wilkins wrote.
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