Scott Cawthon, creator of Five Nights at Freddy's, donated to Mitch McConnell & Trump in the past. (Confirmed) [UP: Scott announces retirement]

[AlexFlame116]

Initially found on Twitter and mentioned in the subreddit, people have seemingly found out that Scott Cawthon has been donating to various Republicans, both in the past and recently.
More details on it here

The list of notables include:

Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Tommy Tubberville, Kevin McCarthy. Ben Carson, Tulsi Gabbard

Apparently the source was deleted due to fear of people doxing the original source of the info. Scott hasn't said anything either.

This is naturally causing rifts in the community.

EDIT: OpenSecrets source

Proof he's a MAGAt

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EDIT 2: He has retired

Scott cawthon retires apparently

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[SteveWinwood]

wasnt he pretty religious? like thats how all this started?

not super surprising in modern america

 

[Deleted member 13798]

wasnt he pretty religious? like thats how all this started?

not super surprising in modern america

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He originally made Christian themed games I believe. That doesn't mean anything though.

 

[Nanashrew]

It's on donor lookup so I don't see how that's unconfirmed.

 

[AlexFlame116]

It's on donor lookup so I don't see how that's unconfirmed.

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Sorry I just discovered the story myself and have had people telling me its fake so I wasn't sure if I should have put Unconfirmed or not!

 

[akilshohen]

Honestly, I wouldn't expect him not to. I assumed as much when it was said that he's religious and the way it was mentioned when I read it years ago.

 

[Koeing]

Sorry I just discovered the story myself and have had people telling me its fake so I wasn't sure if I should have put Unconfirmed or not!

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You can look him up on Opensecrets. Of course, he donated to Tulsi Gabbard as well.

 

[SteveWinwood]

He originally made Christian themed games I believe. That doesn't mean anything though.

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american white evangelicals overwhelmingly vote and donate republican

im just saying its not surprising

 

[WhateverItTakes]

He originally made Christian themed games I believe. That doesn't mean anything though.

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On principal, no, but it's hard to imagine anyone making Christian games solo in America not being of the more republican bent.

 

[pleaseinsertdisctwo]

Proof he's a MAGAt

 

[Deleted member 13798]

american white evangelicals overwhelmingly vote and donate republican

im just saying its not surprising

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that's fair, meant more as a concept but when you're talking about American Christianity it's so heavily tied with politics that I can see why you'd make that connection. Because everyone knows Jesus was a white conservative confederate flag waving pick up truck driving shot gun toting constitution loving dude.

 

[AlexFlame116]

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Thanks for this. Will threadmark!

 

[Watershed]

I don't understand the phenomenon of getting caught up in the Trump grift but I know it's a real thing. But I cannot fathom why anyone would donate to the turtle.

 

[EntelechyFuff]

Proof he's a MAGAt

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Welp, guess it's time to update the thread title.

 

[FatalT]

Five Nights of Coups

 

[nsilvias]

Five Nights of Coups

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Five Nights in jail after the coupe

 

[AlexFlame116]

Welp, guess it's time to update the thread title.

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Already sent the report! Just waiting for the mods now.

 

[DongBeetle]

Didn't he make like pro-life and biblical games? not trying to generalize but yeah lol not surprising

 

[Polyh3dron]

Guess I'll steer clear of this "Five Nights At Friday's" property... is it like the TGI Friday's restaurant?

 

[Hrodulf]

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He gave $2800 to a retired football coach who has openly (and proudly) displayed his complete lack of understanding of government on numerous occasions. Christ.

 

[Kschreck]

Turns out I don't support developers who support the overthrow of American democracy.

 

[totofogo]

For some reason this does not surprise me

 

[LProtagonist]

That's a good chunk of change he's donated to Republicans. Money talks and it's hard to argue with.

 

[TheChrisGlass]

Like the first reply said, considering he was making Christian games before, it's frustratingly less of a surprise he's supporting all that.

 

[AlexFlame116]

Guess I'll steer clear of this "Five Nights At Friday's" property... is it like the TGI Friday's restaurant?

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Damn autocorrect...I didn't even notice that until now sorry!

 

[DoradoWinston]

Donating money to politicians will always seem so fuckin stupid to me

 

[skullmuffins]

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lol this guy gave $2800 to Kim Klacik, the black woman who went full MAGA in Baltimore.

Anyway, this is the least surprising thing ever. Dude started out making Christian games. Kind of a correlation between strongly Christian white folks and the GOP.

 

[pleaseinsertdisctwo]

He gave $2800 to a retired football coach who has openly (and proudly) displayed his complete lack of understanding of government on numerous occasions. Christ.

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I think he was feeling extra racist on 8/18 and 8/19 because he donated $32,399 to Republicans lmao tf

 

[Magnet]

I'm confused on the listing of $5,000 to candidate McConnell, Mitch (R). I thought the limit on an individual's contribution to each candidate per election is $2,800. There are higher limits for committees, but Mitch McConnell would be a candidate.

 

[Tiny Chihuahueño]

I didn't know you guys in the US donated money to political parties. That seems… uh… definitely a way to burn money

 

[Damn Silly]

It's good to have the information out there still, but yeah, personally not surprising considering the kind of stuff he was making pre-FNAF.

 

[TheChrisGlass]

By the way, now that this is out there, there's a 90% chance he's going to give up the facade and just make straight up propaganda now.

 

[BarryBJeans]

The dude has always unsettled me. Even conceptually where he went with the series was fuckin' odd.

 

[DatManOvaDer]

By the way, now that this is out there, there's a 90% chance he's going to give up the facade and just make straight up propaganda now.

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[Dan L]

My kiddo is very bummed at this news, they love fnaf. one of those life lessons. really unfortunate Scott is a maga douche.

 

[TheChrisGlass]

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Like, there's a pattern every time someone gets outed like this, they just completely shift from trying to "stay out of politics" and instead show it off in their work.

 

[FatalT]

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Five Nights at Freddy's movie cast finally revealed with all your favorites! Starring Chris Pratt in the leading role!

 

[RockmanBN]

This dude has so many kids looking up to him. This sucks and he sucks

 

[Messofanego]

On principal, no, but it's hard to imagine anyone making Christian games solo in America not being of the more republican bent.

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Not Christian games but Christian developers made That Dragon Cancer (Ryan Green) and Dropsy and Hypnospace Outlaw (Jay Tholen), and they don't seem like full on evangelical Republicans. Just wanted to give an example to some exceptions. Of course there's the POS Doug TenNapel.

 

[Arm Van Dam]

I didn't know you guys in the US donated money to political parties. That seems… uh… definitely a way to burn money

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blame FEC v. Citizen's United plus John Roberts for that

 

[Mocha Joe]

Never played his any games. Guess I will never or any of his future endeavors. Fuck him. Hope Playstation / Sony drop any marketing deals they had with him.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Didn't he make like pro-life and biblical games? not trying to generalize but yeah lol not surprising

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i was looking into it and yeah he made some biblical games but his first game on steam was called the desolate hope (which somehow i own) and is, in his words, about saving a fetus

im not going to say its a pro life game per se, ive never played it, and just because something has to do with saving a fetus doesnt inherently make it pro life

you can definitely see how it might be though!

 

[Mr Spasiba]

not sure why but something about it being the fnaf guy in particular is humorous to me

 

[Fat4all]

I think he was feeling extra racist on 8/18 and 8/19 because he donated $32,399 to Republicans lmao tf

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that was during the Democratic National Convention, Biden was officially selected on the 18th iirc

there was a lot of news surrounding that both dem and repub donations went up big after the DNC virtual conference was being well received

 

[ItIsOkBro]

you have to be a real asshole to give mitch any money, let alone 5K

 

[Perfect Chaos]

His donations list reads like a who's who of shitbags lmao

 

[Tendo]

2,500 to tulsi. Hahaha.

 

[Foffy]

Voting for Mitch McConnel in 2020 is absolute brain worms. He's incredibly lucky his terrible religious games were nightmare fuel and leaning into that nightmare is the only claim to fame he has.

 

[Buckle]

Shame on you all for persecuting this man for his horrible poltical beliefs.

 

[TheChrisGlass]

Also, Tulsi Gabbard is barely a Democrat. She was basically feared as the Trump of the left that was going to try to stay in the race and go third party to spoil the election for Biden. There's a VERY specific reason he donated to her on that day.