Marianne Williamson Confirms Presidential Run, Becoming First Prominent Democrat In 2024

[News Junkie]

Marianne Williamson confirmed in an interview with Medill News Service on Thursday that she is running for president as a Democrat, becoming the first announced candidate for the party. The best-selling spiritual author and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate is holding an event in Washington on March 4 to officially launch her campaign.

When asked if she was running, Wiliamson said, “We’re on the phone, but if we were on FaceTime, you’d see me wink.”

“I wouldn’t be running for president if I didn’t believe I could contribute to harnessing the collective sensibility that I feel is our greatest hope at this time,” she added.

In 2020, Williamson ran a long-shot campaign with the slogan “join the evolution,” a play on “revolution,” having never served in elected office. She dropped out of the race in January before any primary, polling at less than 1 percent.

https://medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu/2023/02/williamson-confirms-presidential-run-in-exclusive-interview-becoming-first-prominent-democrat-in-2024-race/

[Bettie]

1. "Prominent"?

Nah, just looking for publicity.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. Beat me!

[ecstatic]

5. I was wondering about that too.

Frankly, I never heard of her before the 2020 election cycle, and I haven't heard of her since... until just now.

[womanofthehills]

21. I think she has written 13 books - 7 on the NYT's best seller list

She has started all kinds of spiritual and religious groups and was a pastor at one time. She’s into love and light for the Democratic Party. 😊😊

She was known as Oprah’s spiritual advisor.

[Bettie]

49. Given the track record of Oprah's picks

well, she's better than Oz or Phil, probably.

But, she's still not running for anything but vanity.

[Delphinus]

40. You took

the words right out of my mouth. I was coming here to post that.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. Prominent?

[SheltieLover]

4. Prominent Dem?

How about nut job?

[madaboutharry]

6. She most likely has another book.

There was a nanosecond when she seemed to be focused on bringing some good into the world. For the longest time it has seemed to be about ego.

[dweller]

7. lol

✌🏻

[claudette]

8. Prominent?

I’m sorry. I never heard of her

[womanofthehills]

18. She was a presidential candidate in 2020

She was in the first two presidential debates but did not qualify for the third. She’s been a religious leader for most of her life.

[claudette]

20. Thank you

[Ocelot II]

9. Prominent? Who writes this shit?

[Cha]

17. One Brennan Leach. nt

[RandySF]

10. She'll get the Susan Sarandon vote.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

24. I dunno ... if Tulsi or Jill Stein or Nina T jumps in ... her loyalty could be challenged (nt)

[hamsterjill]

11. Why do these people do this?

They take up space at the debates, etc., when there is really no chance in hell that enough would take them seriously to get the nomination. Especially against an incumbent. Give the money to charity rather than waste it on a pipe dream or publicity stunt.

[Sogo]

41. I think they do it for the money and to up their public profile.

Donations can be lucrative, and it probably sells more books in the case of Williamson....

[mercuryblues]

42. The money is the whole point.

The more people who recognize her name, the more books she sells.

As for those campaign donations, they will likely end up into the bank accounts of her family and friends.

[SoCalDavidS]

12. You Can't Convince Me That Most Candidates Don't Run ONLY For The Campaign Money

They get to spend other people's money for a few months. Travel around the country holding events that draw few people.

She polled less than 1%, and didn't even make it to the Primaries. And that wasn't running against an Incumbent, like she would be in '24.

What a joke!

[EarlG]

13. She's not the first announced candidate

According to Ballotpedia:

As of February 21, 2023, more than 500 candidates have filed to run for president in the 2024 election with the Federal Election Commission.

https://ballotpedia.org/Timeline_of_announcements_in_the_presidential_election,_2024

Here's the list of candidates who've filed with the FEC to run for president in 2024 on the Democratic Party ticket so far:

Adam Ouariti
Ajay Thaliath
Alan Huddleston
Antonio Marco Pantalo
Armando Perez-Serrato
Arse Vincent Cysewski
Ashley Powell
Benjamin Garcia
Brittany A. Mckown
Christin Noel Powers
Christopher Campbell
Dantwan Samuel Watkins
David Cash
DC Jefferson
Dorsey Porter
Dykeba Lecole Rogers
Earl Davis
Erik Leckner
Ethan Witzling Hamby
Evette Rechelle Tippett
Frank J. Lozada
George Brucato
Gregory Marquis Thomas
Heather Munoz
Herbert Ezekiel Zeke Smyth
Hudson Theodore Zoller
Hung Huynh Chan
Isaiah Reid
James Nixon
James Orlando Ogle III
Jennifer Astello
Jennifer Lee Ann Ney
Jennifer McMurray
Jodie Smithson
John Gagliardi
Jonathan Tuan Tran
Joseph Jay Manger
Kelan Farrell-Smith
Kevin Gilroy
Kristopher Lee Davis
Larry D. Azevedo
Lee Mercer Jr.
Lee Rhodes
Lindsay Kelch
Marcus Alexander Branch
Mattie Preston
Michael D'Ottavio
Michael D. Swing
Michael Landingham
Michael Soetaert
Mikey Lane
Nancy Elizabeth Rodriguez
Nicolae Bunea
Nita Mildred Rice
Randall Wick
Riki Prado
Robert Ion Moldafsky
Rodger Lee Roose
Roland Kwadwo Dela Agorkle
Ron S. Bull
Ryan McCarty
Ryan P. Kirkpatrick
Sahmon Mustafa
Samuel D'Amico
Sean McGuire
Seth Stewart
Shabadjot Bharara
Shinae Ahn
Skyles Fitzgerald McAuley
Stephen Alan Leon
Steven Fleck
Stuart Farber
Thomas Daly
Thomas Francis Winterbottom
Tiffany Gayle Keller
Trenita Walker
Victoria Dawn Zieg
Wayne J. Villines
Wayne Pope
Whitney Medearis
William Gailey
Willie Carter

No Vermin Supreme sightings as of yet...

[Harker]

14. It's a who's who of who? n/t

[EarlG]

15. Lol

[FSogol]

16. +1 Exactly. n/t

[Prairie_Seagull]

46. Laughed through my nose. I don't reccomend it.

[Harker]

48. Especially with a mouthful.

[Raine]

35. Yes but she's the only one who has a recognizable name

and will cure the World's problems with love.

[NewHendoLib]

19. Prominent! Ha ha ha!

[WarGamer]

22. I really like her, as a person.

But think her career in politics is misguided, especially vs PJB.

[allegorical oracle]

23. Clue me in: WTF is the "collective sensibility"? nt

[3catwoman3]

25. Oh, please

[Prairie_Seagull]

47. That's puhleeese.

[3catwoman3]

54. True. Or maybe even...

…Puh-LEEEEZE!!!

[Skittles]

26. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Retrograde]

27. Have I stumbled into an alternate reality again?

By what stretch of the imagination is Williamson a "prominent Democrat"? Or even "prominent" or a "Democrat"

[madinmaryland]

28. Who??

[Takket]

29. The Q-anon Shaman is more of a "prominent" rethug than Williamson is a Dem

[mcar]

30. "Prominent?" "Democrat?"

[peggysue2]

31. Prominent

Is that the title you get once Oprah gives the nod?

If she wants to run, no biggie. But I wouldn't be surprised if there's another book in the wings.

[betsuni]

32. Says Democrats are spineless, rig primaries, the usual populism with "collective sensibility"

as a version of The Will of The People, evolution instead of revolution. Only been a Democrat since she decided to run in 2019.

"No one fucks with a Biden."

No one's in the mood for both sides attacks against Democrats and fantasy revolutions.

[ZonkerHarris]

33. Pretty sure it's all just a ploy to sell scented candles and incense.

[womanofthehills]

37. Hey - she's spreading the LOVE!

[Doc Sportello]

34. I have looked into the tea leaves

and see a spiritual awakening as America comes together in harmony and blessings. Or she just sells more woo and associated crap.

[Meowmee]

36. Prominent

🙀😹

[LetMyPeopleVote]

38. Williamson did not make the top 25 of potential primary challengers to President Biden

It is unlikely that President Biden will face a serious primary challenge. The Washington Post did a list of 25 potential primary challengers for President Biden and Williamson is not on this list

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/19/top-democrats-2024-ranked/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter

President Biden has signaled he intends to run and that a presidential announcement could be imminent. His State of the Union speech earlier this month appeared to set the stage, and news of an apparently clean bill of health on his physical exam last week would seem to clear the way for the 80-year-old to take the plunge.

At this point, it seems safe to assume he’ll get in. The questions at that point become: Will anybody else? And will Biden lock it down over the next year?

Biden’s candidacy presents some different dynamics from the GOP primary. Fewer Democrats want him to be their 2024 nominee than Republicans who say the same of Donald Trump. But Biden is also the incumbent, making it a more fraught exercise to jump into the campaign against him. Democrats are also simply better at being team players in the Trump era.

For now, basically everyone of substance is saying they wouldn’t do it. But that’s also the smart answer right now. What happens when 2024 approaches, nobody else gets in, and you’re still staring at a primary in which only 37 percent want Biden to run at all? Politics abhors a vacuum. And it’s easy to see Democrats fretting — they are good at that — about whether they’re putting forward their strongest candidate against not just Trump, but say, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

No one considers Williamson a serious candidate

[News Junkie]

39. She's about as serious as Bill Weld and Joe Walsh in 2020

And that aint serious.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. This candidate is truly a joke

[RussBLib]

43. Oh, give it up

Sorry, she's a kook.

[jalan48]

44. It was in the stars....

[Sky Jewels]

50. The goat entrails and Magic 8 Ball told her "Yes."

[lame54]

51. The moon and the stars must have aligned

[FrankBooth]

52. If she's considered a 'Prominent' Democrat by anyone who follows politics

Then the word prominent has lost all its meaning.