The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin pens essay telling Democrats to nominate Mitt Romney for president

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin has argued for the Democratic Party to nominate a Republican as their presidential candidate in a bid to beat Donald Trump. And quitting, as heroic as it may be in this case, doesn’t really put a lump in our throats.” open image in gallery Martin Sheen in ‘The West Wing' Sorkin then proposed that the Democrats nominate former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, in an attempt to unify the US public and fend off a Trump victory. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free “The double haters would be turned into single haters and the Nikki Haley voters would have somewhere to go, Ms Haley having disqualified herself when she endorsed the leader of an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the government.” open image in gallery Aaron Sorkin on 27 April 2024 He continued: “Does Mr. Romney support abortion rights? “The not-Trump candidate needs only one qualification: to win enough votes from a cross section of Americans to close off the former president’s Electoral College path back to power,” he wrote.