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Many conservatives are worried about Bad Bunny being at the Super Bowl, but they might be focusing on the wrong musical guest.
Green Day, who is scheduled to perform before the Super Bowl, performed Friday night at a pregame party at Pier 29 in San Francisco, where he made a strong statement against ICE agents.
“To all the ICE agents, wherever you are, quit your shitty job. Quit that shitty job that you have,” frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said during the show.
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Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs onstage during the 2026 FanDuel Party Powered by Spotify on February 6, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Anna Webber/Getty Images for Spotify)
“Because when this is all over – and it will be over at some point – Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, Donald Trump, they’ll drop you like a bad habit. Come to this side of the line.”
Armstrong also said a performance “would be in Minneapolis” amid protests and the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. He also changed the lyrics of “Holiday” from “the representative from California has the floor” to “the representative from Epstein’s island has the floor.”
Armstrong has criticized the president in the past. He has compared Trump to Hitler and the band frequently changes the line “I’m not part of a redneck agenda” from their 2004 hit “American Idiot” to “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda” in more recent live performances.
Billie Joe Armstrong performs with Green Day at Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, August 30, 2024. (Denny Simmons/The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK)
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“I’m anti-them,” Trump told the New York Post interpreters. “I think it’s a terrible choice. It just sows hatred. Terrible.”
Bad Bunny, the halftime performer, was also criticized by Trump.
“I don’t know who he is,” Trump told Newsmax of his choice last fall. “I don’t know why they do this. It’s crazy. And then they blame it on a promoter that they hired to provide entertainment. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”
Bad Bunny speaks onstage during the press conference for the Super Bowl LX Pregame and Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Moscone Center West on February 5, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Bad Bunny said last fall that he had decided to do his residency at his native Puerto Rico and has not booked any US dates for his tour, fearing that his fans will be detained by ICE agents.
