Blaze Media Reports: Republican congressional candidate Marty O'Donnell said that diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are a product of Marxism and are not "deeply held beliefs" by the executives that push them.

O'Donnell is a former member of the board of directors at Bungie, a video game studio, but is now running for Congress in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District.

He told Blaze News that during his time in the gaming industry, representation and inclusion were not points that were considered.

"Were diversity, equity, inclusion, or representation of certain sexualities or races ever something that you thought about?" O'Donnell was asked.

"No, it wasn't," he answered. "The current 'go woke, go broke,' we just keep seeing that over and over again. DEI is not DEI. It is not diversity, equity, and inclusion. It is code word for, essentially, a Marxist worldview of power structures," he continued.

"There's so many catchwords that are being injected into the conversation: colonization, decolonization. It is so far from — especially in the entertainment business — what people are worried about. Are you going to tell a good story? Are you going to make a good game?"

"That's what creators should be concerned about," he added.

O'Donnell said the actual faces of DEI programs aren't what fans take issue with; it's the obvious method through which they are wedged into entertainment that doesn't make sense.

"The fans don't necessarily reject the movies or games because diversity or equity or inclusion things are forced into their face," he explained. "Certainly they don't like being preached to, but basically these are not good products. At the end of the day it's not fun to play. It's not interesting. These characters don't sound real."