Has Hollywood Finally Had Enough of Dems?

Hot Air: I didn't say that, however, and neither did the Washington Sun. Instead, Hollywood allies that helped push Democrats into a blue wave in Donald Trump's first midterm eight years ago have lost their taste for party politics. That may leave Democrats without their normal messaging power in a cycle that may turn more difficult for the same reasons that are alienating these creatives:

Some of the Hollywood figures who helped Democrats retake the House in 2018 are reluctant to help them do it again.

Screenwriters, directors and other entertainment industry figures who once coached Democratic candidates, wrote their speeches and helped run rapid response operations are, at best, unmotivated to help this cycle and, at worst, entirely disillusioned with the party. Still, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ camp has been turning to industry types as a messaging resource, but some executives are upset that leaders can’t control the caucus’ growing progressive wing.

“The Democratic Party right now is torn in a couple directions, and some of those directions I’m no longer willing to work for or countenance, and so I’m a lot more sparing about it,” Gregg Hurwitz, a novelist and screenwriter known for his thriller series “Orphan X,” told The Washington Sun.

At this point, readers may ask themselves: What is a Washington Sun? Mark Judge will have a longer look at it tomorrow – and trust me, it will be fun – but it's the new branding for what had been NOTUS. Its editor-in-chief is a veteran of Salon, and some of its staff came over from the Washington Post. In other words, it's not a conservative platform wishcasting a Hollywood revolt, regardless of whatever other credibility issues may exist.

What catalyst pushed Hurwitz to distance himself? The Biden Regency cover-up and the Maoist practices of the Democrats in defending it. But the rise of the DSA and the party's connection to Islamism hasn't helped either:

Hurwitz worked with Democratic campaigns between 2015 and 2022 but said he decided to leave the party after helping former Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minnesota) challenge President Joe Biden in the 2024 primary. He cited the fact that Phillips faced attacks for raising concerns about Biden’s age and said vendors associated with Phillips were met with threats of being blacklisted for life — behavior he compared to the Chinese Communist Party. ...

For Hurwitz, the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America and “having candidates winning primaries now who have stated overtly that America is worse than Hamas and that white women are ‘ugly colonialist women,’” is not behavior he could condone, he said. “To me, it’s a measure of extremism that the left has permitted without drawing a line that is incredibly threatening.”