Who Did Scott Cawthon Donate Money To

An animator who created the critically acclaimed horror survival video game V Nights at Freddy'due south in 2014 has refused to apologize for his donations to bourgeois politicians, including former President Donald Trump.

Scott Cawthon, 43, from Houston, Texas, trended on Twitter after people searched for the animator on public political contributions website Open Secrets and discovered that he had donated to Trump and Senate Minority Leader and veteran Republican Mitch McConnell.

The records besides revealed that Cawthon donated to Democratic representative Tulsi Gabbard, who drew criticism in December 2020 for pushing a beak that would ban transgender girls from competing in women's sports.

Cawthon'due south name and Five Nights at Freddy'due south trended on Twitter post-obit the revelation, with some fans of the animator expressing their disappointment with his political leanings.

Although he stayed publicly silent on the controversy for a number of days, Cawthon posted to the Five Nights at Freddy's Reddit on Saturday in a statement titled, "My response, and maybe last post," where he confirmed that he has donated to Trump and claimed that people had threatened to come up to his firm later on his address was posted online.

"To say that the concluding few days have been surreal would be an understatement. I've debated greatly how best to address this, including non addressing it at all, but with so many people from the LGBT customs in the fanbase that I dear, that'due south not an option," Cawthon began the statement.

"The candidates I supported included men, women, white people, black people, republicans, and democrats," he wrote. "I supported Tulsi Gabbard, a democrat, even though I disagreed with her on several issues, considering I felt she would have been a good and fair president.

"And yes, I supported President Trump, because I felt he was the best man to fuel a strong economy and stand up upward to America'south enemies away, of which there are many."

Cawthon and so explained his political leanings and refused to apolgize, writing: "I'm a republican. I'm a Christian. I'g pro-life. I believe in God. I also believe in equality, and in science, and in mutual sense. Despite what some may say, all of those things tin can go together. That's not an apology or promise to modify, it's the style information technology's always been.

"If I get cancelled, then I get cancelled. I don't practise this for the coin anymore; I do it because I enjoy it. If people remember I'k doing more harm than good now, then maybe it's amend that I get cancelled and retire. I would accept that. I've had a fulfilling career. Besides, nigh things that people can take from you lot are things that never had much value to begin with."

Following Cawthon's statement on Saturday, the hashtag "#istandbyscott," trended on Twitter as fans came to his defence force and reiterated their support for him.

I user wrote: "Scott basically raised me during my childhood, his games were one of the reasons I started cartoon. the fact people are threatening to dox him and kill him at present is just sad."

Another said: "Thanks Scott Cawthon for making everything possible after all of these years. And Scott if you are reading this, I do believe that yous are an amazing person, and yous inspired me and even some of my friends, to make most of these FNAF VHS content, and more."

The news came equally Cawthon is preparing to release Five Nights at Freddy'south: Security Breach in the second half of 2021, the 10th installment of the series that began when the 2014 game was released.

Newsweek has contacted Cawthon for comment.