This story originally appeared on Them.
It’s official! Don Mancini, the creator of the Child’s Play horror franchise — which features the smart-mouthed, orange-haired, overall-wearing, and slightly murderous doll Chucky — took to X on Election Day to settle the debate over the character’s political leanings.
“Chucky has a trans kid,” Mancini wrote, in an apparent reference to the 2004 film Seed of Chucky, which features the doll’s genderfluid offspring Glen/Glenda. “Chucky protects the dolls. Chucky is anti-ICE. Chucky says ‘A BLUE WAVE is coming, as BLUE as my f**kin’ eyes!”
Mancini was responding to a post from relatively recent MAGA recruit Nicki Minaj, who’s known for her affinity for the doll and the Child’s Play films. The “Super Bass” singer posted an AI-generated photo of Chucky sitting in an office wearing a pink suit with a “Vote Red,” button affixed to his lapel earlier on November 3. Her caption read, “HAPPY ELECTION DAY!!! ♥️🇺🇸✨,” encouraging her supporters to vote for Republicans during the U.S. midterm elections.
Later, when the full extent of Tuesday night’s blue tsunami was becoming clear, Mancini chimed in with a bit of gloating.
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