{"id":563397,"date":"2021-06-14T13:51:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T17:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=563397"},"modified":"2021-06-14T13:51:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T17:51:56","slug":"im-a-republican-im-a-christian-im-pro-life-five-nights-at-freddys-creator-fires-back-after-being-doxxed-for-donating-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-a-republican-im-a-christian-im-pro-life-five-nights-at-freddys-creator-fires-back-after-being-doxxed-for-donating-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m A Republican. I\u2019m A Christian. I\u2019m Pro-Life\u2019: \u2018Five Nights At Freddy\u2019s\u2019 Creator Fires Back After Being Doxxed For Donating To Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fim-a-republican-im-a-christian-im-pro-life-five-nights-at-freddys-creator-fires-back-after-being-doxxed-for-donating-to-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=563397&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229309902.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Scott Cawthorn, creator of the horror video game, \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s\u201d fired back at critics after coming under fire for making \u201cseveral thousand dollars\u201d in donations to prominent Republicans, including former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Video game news site GameRant bemoaned Cawthorn\u2019s political positions in a report Monday, claiming that fans of the popular game franchise \u201care concerned and hurt to find out where the money Cawthon makes from the popular horror series is going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFans who searched for Scott Cawthon on Open Secrets, an index of public political contributions, noticed that the developer has made significant monetary contributions to a number of conservative politicians such as Senator Mitch McConnell and former president Donald J. Trump,\u201d the outlet reported. \u201cWith the huge popularity of the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/o\/DG3pX\/https:\/\/gamerant.com\/tag\/five-nights-at-freddys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Five Nights At Freddy\u2019s<\/em><\/a> series, a significant portion of the fanbase have taken to social media such as Twitter and Reddit to voice disappointment for Cawthon\u2019s donations, and as a result both he and \u2018Five Nights At Freddy\u2019s\u2019 have been trending topics on Twitter for the past several days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cawthorn also appears to have donated to Trump but also to Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, whom Cawthorn\u2019s critics labeled, \u201ctransphobic\u201d and \u201chomophobic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cthe most damning piece of evidence against Scott Cawthon imo is that he identifies as a proud republican and yet donated a lot of money to a single democrat: Tulsi Gabbard. y\u2019know, one of the most openly transphobic and homophobic democratic politicians,\u201d one Twitter user complained. \u201cwhy would a staunch republican give money to a democrat unless it was a democrat whose policies and ideologies aligned with their own? even the people who are somehow looking past his financial support of fascists can\u2019t deny that that\u2019s pretty fkn clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Cawthorn, after staying silent over the weekend, weighed in on the controversy early Monday morning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/fivenightsatfreddys\/comments\/nybyo1\/my_response_and_maybe_last_post\/\">in a post to the \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s\u201d subreddit<\/a>, refusing to apologize for his beliefs \u2014 or his donations \u2014 and calling out his social media critics for their intolerance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to think that the last seven years would have given me the benefit of the doubt in regards to how I try to treat people, but there I was, trending on twitter for being a homophobe, getting doxed, with people threatening to come to my house,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAll this because I exercised my right, and my duty, as an American citizen, to vote for and support the candidates who I felt could best run the country, for everyone, and that\u2019s something that I won\u2019t apologize for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who took the time to look, you saw that the candidates I supported included men, women, white people, black people, republicans, and democrats,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd yes, I supported President Trump, because I felt he was the best man to fuel a strong economy and stand up to America\u2019s enemies abroad, of which there are many. Even if there were candidates who had better things to say to the LGBT community directly, and bigger promises to make, I believed that their stances on other issues would have ended up doing much greater harm to those communities than good,\u201d Cawthorn added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of this explanation, I fear, is wasted, as people don\u2019t want to discuss with one another anymore; they want endless apologies and submission. People who are expecting those from me will get neither,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cawthorn then stood up for his beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a republican. I\u2019m a Christian. I\u2019m pro-life. I believe in God. I also believe in equality, and in science, and in common sense. Despite what some may say, all of those things can go together. That\u2019s not an apology or promise to change, it\u2019s the way it\u2019s always been,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sensing that refusing to apologize might stoke the ire of his social media critics, Cawthorn suggested that he\u2019s willing to be cancelled for his beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I get cancelled, then I get cancelled. I don\u2019t do this for the money anymore,\u201d he said. \u201cI do it because I enjoy it. If people think I\u2019m doing more harm than good now, then maybe it\u2019s better that I get cancelled and retire. I would accept that. I\u2019ve had a fulfilling career. Besides, most things that people can take from you are things that never had much value to begin with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest addition to the \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s\u201d series, \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s: Security Breach,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/22410259\/five-nights-at-freddys-security-breach-fnaf-release-date-delay-furys-rage-download\">is due out later this year<\/a>. Although some fans have said they will boycott the franchise now that they are aware of Cawthorn\u2019s political leanings, \u201c#istandwithscott\u201d trended on Twitter over the weekend, with a number of new fans noting that they will be buying more completely into the franchise.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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