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Marianne Williamson Tests Waters for 2024 Bid

January 26, 2023 at 12:43 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Author and activist Marianne Williamson, who is considering a second campaign for president against President Biden, plans to visit New Hampshire in the coming weeks to help her make “a more informed decision” about her political future, the Washington Post reports.

Filed Under: 2024 Campaign Tagged With: Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson Eyes Challenging Biden in Primary

December 22, 2022 at 9:40 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Marianne Williamson, the spiritual activist and 2020 presidential candidate, “has been actively making significant moves toward challenging Biden,” Puck reports.

“This is not an open primary, like in 2020, where Williamson was able to make it onto the debate stage twice because of her fundraising and polling, until the DNC upped the threshold for debate stage access. But it will surely make for some interesting television if she’s somehow able to force the DNC’s hand into actually holding a debate and a primary against a sitting president.”

Filed Under: 2024 Campaign Tagged With: Marianne Williamson

Williamson Suggests ‘Visualizing’ Hurricane Retreat

September 4, 2019 at 1:11 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson offered an un­or­tho­dox suggestion for dealing with Hurricane Dorian: using “the power of the mind” to will the storm elsewhere, the Washington Post reports.

In a now-deleted tweet, Williamson, “suggested that visualizing the storm’s retreat could be an effective way to change its course.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Marianne Williamson


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Marianne Williamson Promoted Anti-Vaxxer Theories

August 15, 2019 at 10:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Marianne Williamson once gave a platform to the unfounded theory that vaccines are linked to autism and called on her audience to “be awake” and “do your due diligence” before making the decision to vaccinate their children,” CNN reports.

In a January 2012 episode of her radio show, Williamson said she “agonized” as a mother over the decision to vaccinate her children and that she could see “both sides” of the issue.

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign, Health Care Tagged With: Marianne Williamson

Williamson Gets Backing of ‘Occult Task Force’

July 31, 2019 at 9:25 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Some supporters of Marianne Williamson have organized an “occult task force” to help her campaign, the Washington Post reports.

The person organizing the task force said that a group of 13 chaos magicians, witches and energy workers were doing synchronized “gestures” to help their candidate gain more visibility during last night’s Democratic debate.

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Marianne Williamson

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

July 23, 2019 at 11:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I am not a cult leader. I am not anti-science (that one is almost funny, given how much I quote Einstein). And I am not an anti-vaxxer.”

— Marianne Williamson, on Twitter, hoping to dispel rumors about her professional past.

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Marianne Williamson

Williamson Not Happy About Being Left Out of Vogue

July 5, 2019 at 8:17 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Cut: “On Monday, Vogue published a story about the significant number of Democratic women who have tossed their name in the hat to become the next U.S. president. Titled ‘Madam President? Five Candidates on What It Will Take to Shatter the Most Stubborn Glass Ceiling,’ the story was overall commendatory and largely met with praise.”

“There was, however, at least person who seemed deeply unsatisfied with the report: spiritual adviser to Oprah, former roommate of Laura Dern, and the sixth female presidential candidate, Marianne Williamson.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Marianne Williamson

New Age Author Scouts Presidential Run

August 2, 2018 at 6:56 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“New Age author Marianne Williamson was in Iowa earlier this week meeting with Democratic activists to explore the possibility of a presidential campaign,” the Guardian reports.

“Williamson is a prominent New Age author who has written New York Times best sellers, most recently Tears to Triumph about ‘the spiritual journey from suffering to enlightenment.'”

“Williamson’s interest in a potential presidential bid is a sign of how broad the Democratic field in 2020 might be.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Marianne Williamson

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