Ex-Bungie composer Marty O’Donnell, who labored on acclaimed gaming soundtracks starting from the unique Halo: Fight Developed to Future, is working for Congress. Once more. However in contrast to the final time he misplaced, this time he lastly has the endorsement of President Donald Trump, the person he as soon as known as an fool.
“It’s my Nice Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Marty O’Donnell, who’s working to characterize the unimaginable individuals of Nevada’s third Congressional District,” the president posted on Fact Social on April 14. It ended with: “Marty O’Donnell has my Full and Whole Endorsement to be the following Consultant from Nevada’s third Congressional District — HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!”
🚨 I’m actually honored to have the help of President Donald J. Trump!
The stakes this midterm couldn’t be greater. That is why once I began working, I promised I’d drop out except President Trump supported me in order that Republicans might keep away from losing assets on a unnecessary… pic.twitter.com/AMmzZpjCw4
— Marty O’Donnell (@MartyTheElder) April 14, 2026
O’Donnell is working in opposition to incumbent Democrat Susie Lee, whom Trump attacked as a “Radical Left Extremist” who helps “Transgender for Everybody.” The president mentioned O’Donnell would “Champion our Nation’s Golden Age” by supporting the administration’s tax cuts and immigration crackdown.
The composer, who was fired from Bungie in 2014, known as Trump an “fool” on Twitter again in 2016 throughout the Republican main, in line with The Nevada Impartial. In 2017, O’Donnell reportedly wrote that he most popular conservative intellectuals like William F. Buckley and Milton Friedman to Trump’s MAGA motion.
Apparently- this man’s Lincoln Mission consultants try to go him off as a Republican working in Nevada’s CD3. I’d say in Nevada’s primary- anybody however him will suffice. #JustSayNo pic.twitter.com/l12oq8Xydd
— Sigal Chattah (@Chattah4Nevada) Could 18, 2024
He ran for a similar Nevada Congressional seat again in 2024 however got here in fourth place within the Republican main, the winner of which went on to lose the race to Lee by simply 10,000 votes. O’Donnell has continued posting about politics, together with his renewed electoral ambitions, ever since.
That included final fall, when Halo was utilized by the Trump White Home for an ICE recruitment meme which likened undocumented immigrants to the collection’ parasitic Flood. “Once I defeat Susie Lee subsequent yr and get to Congress, I’ll work with the Trump administration to destroy the Flood as soon as and for all!” O’Donnell wrote on the time.
“Very similar to President Trump, I didn’t come from the world of politics,” he posted on April 14 following Trump’s endorsement. “I spent my complete profession within the enterprise world. I had the respect of working with some unimaginable individuals and composing music for a few of the biggest video video games of all time. I’m not going to DC for fame or cash. I’m going as a result of I’m a grandfather who deeply cares about what kind of nation his grandchildren will develop up in.”
