Halo Composer Marty O’Donnell Canceled by Convention After Former Kamala Harris Account Misrepresents Comments

Tl;Dr: Legendary Halo composer Marty O’Donnell is running for Congress as a Republican in Nevada’s 3rd District. He was scheduled to partake in the Halo 25th Anniversary celebrations at the SacAnime Convention with other former Bungie members but unexpectedly had his invitation canceled with the event organizers and promoters saying his “comments about LGBTQ+ people making staff uncomfortable”.

Apparently this stems from controversy over remarks he made on a podcast that this Kamala Harris campaign affiliated X account (which has over 1m followers) blasted out saying that he was calling for LGBTQ+ to be persecuted. Except what he actually said was:

“Talk about an existential threat, this is where we are right now. We are on the cliff looking down into the abyss. And the abyss is Marxism, it’s anti-Western philosophy. There’s a weird alliance of all these groups who like to pretend they’re oppressed. The LGBTQ+ people, the Islamists, the Marxists, they’re all together now.”

Which regardless of if you agree with that statement or not it is in no way shape or form calling for “persecution” of LGBTQ+.

O’Donnell has released the following statement:

“*In January, I was invited to attend a Halo reunion at SacAnime over Labor Day weekend in Sacramento, CA. I was excited to attend with so many stars, including Jen Taylor and Steve Downs, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Halo with all of our fans. They even asked me to record a video promoting my attendance two weeks ago.*

*After SacAnime made numerous announcements of my attendance over this last weekend, I was told I was being disinvited because I called Marxism an existential threat. They have removed me from their website and deleted all their posts on social media promoting my appearance.*

*My existential threat comment has been twisted by my political opponents a lot over the last few weeks and anyone who saw the video knows that to be true. That is why I know it’s not why I have been pulled from SacAnime. I was pulled because I am a Republican candidate for office.*

*Funny enough, SacAnime’s decision proves my point. Silencing the opposition is a key component of Marxism and that is one reason why Marxism is an existential threat to our country.*

*I genuinely believed we had put an end to Cancel Culture after the 2024 election but that was just the end to what AOC called “Woke 1” earlier this week. Woke 2 is here and it is just as eager to silence and destroy conservatives as Woke 1.*

*Unfortunately for them, I can’t be silenced. I will continue to use my voice to speak out against the threats our country faces, especially from Marxists who seek to destroy the United States.”*