Lady Gaga’s All-American Super Bowl Halftime Show

In the days leading up to her performance at the Super Bowl halftime show, pundits speculated about whether the pop star Lady Gaga—who has long advocated for misfits, throwing her considerable support and empathy behind anyone subject to marginalization—would use this singular platform to express dissent. Gaga’s political leanings are not unknown: she campaigned publicly and repeatedly for Hillary Clinton, and, following the election, was photographed perched on the edge of a New York City sanitation truck parked outside Trump Tower, clutching a sign that read “Love Trumps Hate.” In a tweet last November, she called the President “one of the most notorious bullies we have ever witnessed.”