Marianne Williamson announced her campaign to lead the Democratic National Committee
Which hopefully twice failed presidential candidate Marianne Williamson left politics and returned to her origin is a spiritual master was dissipated on Thursday. That’s when vocal advocate of accused of sexual assault And anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced via her Substack (Of course) that she is launching a campaign to head the Democratic National Committee and “remake the party” in her image.
Marianne Williamson came to prominence in the late 1980s as a consultant to the stars, characterized by one year 1991 Vanity fair feature as “a former Jewish lounge singer from Texas” who brought it A course in miracles—a supposed book read by Jesus Christ to its author—into the mainstream. Now 72 years old, she has moved from the spiritual to the political, throwing her hat in the ring for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, and again in 2024.
Williamson’s nontraditional stance during the 2019 campaign was almost as strange as RFK, Jr.’s. most recent election cycleBut such is America’s frog-in-the-pot life in 2024. Still, she claims that, if elected, she will established the Ministry of Peaceor that storm could controlled by collective meditationor that”James Cameron deserves the Nobel Peace Prize” because Avatar Suntil it has raised the eyebrows of even the most jaded political observers allegations of a toxic and abusive environment to campaign staffers in 2020. (Williamson, for his part, has denied those allegations, call them “distraction techniques.”)
But even though The former candidate is mentioned a lot seemingly finally realizing that her path to the White House begins and ends with her vision board, the psychic wants to stay in the game. In her subscription newsletter, “CONVERT with Marianne Williamson,” the teacher (who just yesterday used her platform to announce “only love is real”) posted an open letter with DNC members saying that “The MAGA phenomenon is now challenging the very way politics is done in America, and the traditional party organizing toolkit will not be enough to meet this moment.”
Williamson, who just last month tweeted “Good choice!” in response Donald TrumpKennedy’s announcement that Kennedy would be appointed the country’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, writing that “President Trump has ushered in an era of political theater – a collective adrenaline rush has allowing him not only to attract large numbers of people into his camp but also many people far away from us.”
While Williamson did not mention the leading candidates to replace DNC Chairman Jaime Harrisonwho has led the party since 2021 and is not expected to seek another term, her criticism of the Democratic Party’s current strategies appeared to be a blow to the candidates. traditional candidates like the Chairman of the Minnesota Democratic Party. Ken MartinFormer Governor of Maryland. Martin O’Malleyformer Homeland Security official Nate SnyderSen. James Skoufis, and Chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party Ben Wikler. “Data analysis, fundraising, field organizing, and technology enhancement — while all important — will not be enough to prepare for a Democratic victory in 2024 and beyond,” Williamson wrote. ,” Williamson writes and recommends “A party that listens more and makes decisions people feel that their thoughts and feelings are as important as their wallets.”
The DNC is scheduled to hold elections for positions, including chair, on February 1, with four candidate forums planned throughout January. Williamson is the only woman to date to announce her candidacy for the role.
In a video accompanying his letter, Williamson said, “Donald Trump is a political phenomenon of the 21st century, and we need to become one too… We need to know what makes people people feel that their wallet is more important than theirs. pain. We need to understand what makes people emotionally and psychologically disconnected from the sense that the Democratic Party is part of a great legacy in American history.”