Democrat Marianne Williamson 'Unsuspends' 2024 Presidential Campaign in Surprise Announcement

The progressive self-help author, who dropped out of the race three weeks ago, said on Wednesday that she will "arouse in Americans the angels of our better nature" as she looks to keep Trump out of power

Marianne Williamson says she's "unsuspending" her presidential campaign just three weeks after dropping out.

The progressive self-help author, 71, argued on Wednesday that President Joe Biden is a weak candidate for the general election, writing in a letter to voters, "My ability to arouse in Americans the angels of our better nature is the most powerful antidote to Trump’s dark and authoritarian vision."

She continued, "I will respond to the cult-like personality of Donald Trump with a light-filled vision of hope and possibility. We will become once again a 'government of the people, by the people, and for the people' at a time when corporate interests have taken Washington hostage."

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Williamson's decision to jump back in the race came one day after Michigan's Democratic primary, in which more than 100,000 voters said they were "uncommitted" to protest how Biden has responded to Israel's attacks on Gaza. The uncommitted votes sent a warning to Biden in a state he can't afford to lose in November, though he still won the primary with ease, earning more than 80% of the vote.

While Williamson withdrew from the presidential race on Feb. 7, she remained on Michigan's primary ballot. She earned about 3% of the vote — slightly ahead of active candidate Dean Phillips' 2.7%. (As of Wednesday morning, a small fraction of ballots had not yet been counted, which could change those numbers.)

Williamson initially suspended her 2024 campaign after the Nevada Democratic primary election, where she also earned 3% of the vote compared to Biden's 89%. Phillips was not on the Nevada ballot.

"I read a quote the other day that said sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too," she told supporters at the time. "And so today, even though it is time to suspend my campaign for the presidency, I do want to see the beauty and I want all of you who so incredibly supported me on this journey — as donors, as supporters, as team, and as volunteers — to see the beauty too."

"There is so much for us to take from this," Williamson continued. "And that includes knowing that we laid it down in ways that we should all be proud of.

Williamson launched her second long-shot bid for the White House last March, becoming the first major figure to challenge Biden.

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Prior to her official kickoff event, she wrote on social media, “Since the election of 2016 it's odd for anyone to think they can know who can win the presidency. And I'm not putting myself through this again just to add to the conversation. I'm running for president to help bring an aberrational chapter of our history to a close, and to help bring forth a new beginning."

The Houston native advocated for “a new beginning” and beckoned voters to “look at the world in a different way.” Her platform appealed to left-wing voters with her progressive positions on issues like universal basic income and free public college, and campaign emails to supporters promised that a Williamson administration would bring "economic transformation."

Williamson previously ran for the Democratic Party nomination in the hotly contested 2020 presidential election, against candidates including Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Biden.

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During her 2020 campaign, she garnered attention for her spiritual approach to her candidacy, stating that Donald Trump’s fear-mongering could only be defeated by harnessing “love.”

An author of 14 books, Williamson has also served as Oprah’s spiritual adviser, per The Guardian, and ran as an independent in the 2014 primary to represent California’s 33rd Congressional District.

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