If you’re around my age, you probably spent long hours playing Bungie’s Halo series and remember its iconic pseudo-Gregorian chant theme (Here it is to jog your memory or relive it):
What if I told you the guy who wrote that theme is running for Congress — as a MAGA Republican, no less?
Yes, Martin O’Donnell is running for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District against incumbent Democrat Susie Lee, which he announced on Discord.
Venture Beat’s GamesBeat division provided additional details, describing how O’Donnell intends to “restore sanity to Washington so we can rebuild our economy to have a thriving middle class, bring security to the country and the border, and restore the values that lead to strong families and strong communities.”
Key issues he will run on include foster care, economic stagnation, and of course, the border.
O’Donnell told GamesBeat:
I don’t like what’s happening on the border. I look at the border and wonder how are these millions and millions of people coming in without us knowing who they are or where they’re going? That just doesn’t seem you should handle a country. Your country should have secure borders. And that doesn’t seem like a controversial thought to me. I really am watching state governments fighting the federal government over how to secure borders. It just seems like something’s got to change. That’s just silly. That’s horrible.
He also voted for Trump twice and intends to vote for him in November.
Naturally, leftists on Twitter/X are unhappy (when are they not?) and firing off the usual buzzwords.
Here’s just one example:
Marty O’Donnell fostering a hive of neo-nazis and Christian nationalists was absolutely NOT on my entire life bingo card but here we are 💀💀💀
— JoJo97 – NEW ACCOUNT ELON HATES ME (@MajorMinority27) March 4, 2024
Someone else called O’Donnell “a horrible person” who somehow ruined his whole year:
TIL Marty O’Donnell is a horrible person and my entire year is ruined https://t.co/WUNmEjVDvm
— Davy Jones (@DeadMansSquid) March 4, 2024
This specimen lamented the fact that a guy who worked on a video game came around on Trump, and now his love of Halo is ruined:
So not only is Marty O’Donnell a Trump supporter, he’s also a hypocrite.
Dammit life stop trying to make 5 of the games in one of my fave franchises retroactively worse. pic.twitter.com/JVfwWLN2Gb
— Lothar Hex (@LotharHex) March 4, 2024
An apparent pigeon cried about O’Donnell supporting Israel and repeating the already-worn-out “Israel is committing genocide” schtick:
Sad to see that the original #Halo composer – Marty O’Donnell supports Israel.
I understand defending your country, but Israel is committing genocide. And Marty says they’re an “ally”. What a joke.
All his other policies are “change nothing”.
Dude is a walking L 💀#Halo https://t.co/lcBjoHVwqh
— Pigeon Go Gaming (@PigeonGoGaming) March 4, 2024
Lastly, this person similarly decried O’Donnell’s Zionism.
Marty O’Donnell is not only a super right winger trump supporter, but he’s also a Zionist?? https://t.co/FsjdJlFUpw pic.twitter.com/e8mtJ23ypG
— flimflamwabing (@flamflimwabing) March 4, 2024
You know the memes will be glorious as O’Donnell’s campaign picks up steam.