Its culture war bullshit to feed the rabid base. Speaker Johnson doesn’t give a fuck about the Super Bowl halftime but he sure as shit knows his drooling rabid MAGA fanbois love football more than almost anything and so if he can stir up controversy around it and center himself as an force against “corruption” of their favorite pastime it will curry favor with them for whatever else he wants, because they trust him now
Its culture war bullshit to feed the rabid base. Speaker Johnson doesn’t give a fuck about the Super Bowl halftime but he sure as shit knows his drooling rabid MAGA fanbois love football more than almost anything and so if he can stir up controversy around it and center himself as an force against “corruption” of their favorite pastime it will curry favor with them for whatever else he wants, because they trust him now