Hollywood director declares it's 'time to abandon' the Democratic Party in wake of Trump win

"The Big Short" manager Adam McKay went connected a teardrop against the Democratic Party successful the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump's triumph Tuesday, declaring he's ditching the enactment for good.

"It is clip to wantonness the Dem Party," McKay wrote connected X. "I’m registering Green Party oregon Working Families. But americium unfastened to ideas."

The manager ripped the Democratic Party for what helium deemed a bid of missteps starring up to Election Day, including however they handled President Biden bowing retired of the contention to marque mode for Vice President Kamala Harris connected the ticket. 

"Who would person guessed lying astir Biden’s cognitive wellness for 2 yrs, refusing to bash an unfastened normal for a caller nominee, ne'er mentioning nationalist healthcare & embracing fracking, the Cheneys & a yr agelong slaughter of children successful Gaza wouldn’t beryllium a winning strategy?" helium said.

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"Anyone with fractional a brain?" helium continued. "But I thought liberals’ full happening is being smart? It’s not? They really conscionable blindly cheer the parade of rickety optics wrapped up successful New York Times fonts that is the modern Dem Party?"

McKay has successful caller years championed progressive causes and has donated millions of dollars to combat climate change. His activism has besides bled into his work. His movie "Don't Look Up," for instance, served arsenic a critique of a deficiency of enactment erstwhile it comes to protecting the environment. The 2021 satire movie centered connected 2 scientists who effort successful vain to pass the satellite astir a planet-destroying comet.

Climate alteration is "extremely alarming, highly frightening, and rapidly becoming the lone happening I’m reasoning astir connected a regular basis, adjacent arsenic I’m penning scripts and directing oregon producing," McKay said successful an interrogation with The Associated Press.

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump stands connected signifier with erstwhile archetypal woman Melania Trump, arsenic Lara Trump watches, astatine an predetermination nighttime ticker enactment astatine the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, successful West Palm Beach, Fla.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Other celebrities opened brutal autopsies connected the predetermination oregon expressed outrage astatine their chap Americans.

Actress Christina Applegate repeatedly asked "why?" connected X.

"Why? Give maine your reasons why????? My kid is sobbing due to the fact that her rights arsenic a pistillate whitethorn beryllium taken away. Why? And if you disagree, delight unfollow me."

"Holding the manus of each idiosyncratic who is feeling the immeasurable heaviness of this result today," vocalist Ariana Grande wrote successful a caption.

"West Wing" commencement and White Dude for Harris Bradley Whitford told the U.K. Independent helium "absolutely" thought Harris was going to win. 

"I thought it was going to beryllium closer," he clarified. "But whenever immoderate of my friends asked me, I would extremity it with, ‘You tin ne'er underestimate however you know, racist and sexist this state is.’"

A protagonist reacts to predetermination results during an predetermination nighttime lawsuit for Vice President and Democratic statesmanlike campaigner Kamala Harris astatine Howard University successful Washington, D.C., connected November 5, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Harris besides received high-profile endorsements successful the days starring up to the election, including Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Harrison Ford, with respective different celebrities revealing they'd voted for her connected Election Day.

Yet Trump besides had a agelong database of stars who backed his run and cheered his decisive win.

"Believe it oregon not, brother, we’re much alike than we are different," famed wrestler Hulk Hogan wrote connected Instagram. "This predetermination play showed conscionable however overmuch we each attraction astir wherever this country’s headed. Now that the votes are in, let’s remember—it doesn’t substance if you’re a Democrat oregon a Republican, we’re each existent Americans. It’s clip to travel together, speech with our neighbors and absorption connected what unites us. We each emotion this country, and we’re each successful for gathering a amended future. Love you all. HH."

Vice President and Democratic statesmanlike nominee Kamala Harris smiles during a run rally astatine Michigan State University's Jenison Field House successful East Lansing, Michigan, connected Nov. 3, 2024. (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

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"WE WIN!! Thank you Lord!!" Country instrumentalist John Rich wrote connected X.

Harris congratulated Trump connected a telephone telephone up and delivered her concession code astatine Howard University connected Wednesday.