Nicki Minaj drew a sharp public rebuke from Child's Play creator Don Mancini after sharing an AI-generated image of Chucky wearing a 'Vote Red' badge. The rapper shared the image on 3 November, US Election Day, alongside the message 'HAPPY ELECTION DAY!!!'; it portrayed the horror character in a pink suit with a badge signalling support for the Republican Party. Mancini responded the following day on X, branding the character an 'IMPOSTER' and declaring that the killer doll belongs to the 'BLUE WAVE'. In US politics, blue is associated with the Democratic Party, while red is associated with the Republicans. Mancini followed up with a separate post highlighting the character's connections to LGBTQ+ representation and his opposition to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), writing that Chucky has a trans kid, protects the dolls, is anti-ICE, and says a 'BLUE WAVE is coming'. The reference to Chucky's child is rooted in the franchise's established storyline; Glen/Glenda was introduced in the 2004 film Seed of Chucky, and in the Chucky television series the character describes the child as genderfluid. Mancini also shared a photograph of a Chucky doll with blue hair, captioned: 'Too bad, Nicki! No AI, by the way! #bluewave.'