Hollywood has reacted to the news that the US president, Joe Biden, is dropping out of the presidential election with gratitude and a sigh of relief, having for the most part stayed stumm in recent weeks as only a few celebrities called for him to step aside.
Just hours before Biden announced he was ending his bid for re-election and endorsing the vice-president, Kamala Harris, West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin argued in a New York Times opinion piece that the Democrats should select Republican Mitt Romney to defeat former president Donald Trump in November, as “a clear and powerful demonstration” about “stopping a deranged man from taking power”.
