Director Adam McKay Quits Democrats, Blasts White Liberals as Worst Offenders

Hollywood director Adam McKay criticized White liberals and the Democratic Party in a podcast interview on Wednesday.

"I could go on with a list of 400 things, the same party that kept healthcare private," McKay told host Jesse Damiani on the "Urgent Futures" podcast. He railed against prominent Democratic members and added, "We are being hit with the high grade marketing and no group is worse than White liberals."

"I mean, they are the worst. I've tried to talk to them about climate. They are so smug and captured. And really, it boils down to privilege," McKay said. "When you talk to White money liberals, they're getting a lot from this broken system. So at some point, I realized these are bad-faith arguments and conversations."

McKay said he could not support a party without universal healthcare. "You can't support a party that doesn't want universal healthcare. The Democrats don't have that in their party platform. Kamala, Hillary never brought it up," he said. "If you were in like Norway or France or Australia and you were like, we don't need universal healthcare, people would be like, 'You are a Nazi.'"

He noted that even neo-Nazi parties in Europe do not campaign against nationalized healthcare. "I think the U.S. is essentially an island country and no group of people has heads full of bees more than White liberals," McKay said. "I've heard the craziest s--- from White liberals."

McKay argued that White liberals benefit from the system and care only about their class and social scene. "I almost can say I despise American White liberals," he said. "They are the grossest of the gross."

McKay announced in 2024, after President Donald Trump's election victory, that he was leaving the Democratic Party. "It is time to abandon the Dem Party," he wrote on X at the time. "I’m registering Green Party or Working Families. But am open to ideas."

The director criticized the Democratic Party for missteps before Election Day, including its handling of former President Biden's withdrawal to clear the way for former Vice President Kamala Harris.

McKay has championed progressive causes in recent years and donated millions to fight climate change. His activism appears in his films, such as the 2021 satire "Don't Look Up," which follows two scientists who fail to warn the world about a planet-destroying comet.

In December 2024, McKay claimed "America has never been more right wing and propagandized," after predicting that the film "Wicked" would get canceled. "On a pure storytelling level, 'Wicked Part 1' is right up there as one of the most radical big studio Hollywood movies ever made," he posted on X.