Director Adam McKay says he's leaving the Democratic Party

Adam McKay (Step Brothers), who has pivoted to a more political career in the last ten years, is going scorched earth on the Democratic Party after Kamala Harris' loss to Donald Trump in the presidential election, and the Republicans' projected wins of the Senate and House of Representatives. "It is time to abandon the Dem Party," the filmmaker wrote on Twitter/X . "I'm registering Green Party or Working Families. But am open to ideas."

In the lead-up to the election, McKay has been a prominent pro-Palestine voice in Hollywood. He has also long been an advocate for climate policy (his most recent film, Don't Look Up, is an explicit climate change metaphor ). "I really feel like all the change that's going to lead to real action on climate—restoring institutions like our news, education, healthcare—the only road to it is a proper leftwing democratic socialist [leader]...without it, I really don't see any road to change," he said last month in an interview . Elsewhere, he added, "Until people really get bold and start ignoring these two parties, the change won't really be substantive."