Author Marianne Williamson is reigniting her presidential campaign, expressing concerns about President Joe Biden’s ability to defeat former President Donald Trump in November.
Williamson terminated her campaign on Feb. 7 but did not endorse the current president in his bid for a second term in the White House.
"As of today, I am unsuspending my campaign for the presidency of the United States," Williamson said in a video on X. "I had suspended it because I was losing the horse race. But something so much more important than the horse race is at stake here, and we must respond."
“Right now, we have a fascist standing at the door. Everybody's all upset about it. Well, we should be upset about it,” she continued. “But we're not going to defeat the fascist by—well, by what? What is President Biden offering?” #Unsuspended pic.twitter.com/7BEcIo3iij
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) February 28, 2024
Williamson said Biden’s leadership has left many Americans struggling under increased economic burdens. She also said the federal government currently serves “corporations.”
“We need a president who lays down an agenda and says ‘We’re going to turn this thing around,’” she said. She stressed the need to make the world more beautiful and said the country needs a “peace academy” as well as military academies.
The self-help writer stressed the importance of preventing another face-off between Biden and Trump.
“We’re watching a car crash in slow motion here. Everybody knows that,” said Williamson.
Less than a month ago, Williamson secured just 2 percent of the vote during the South Carolina primary. She posted a letter on ActBlue announcing her decision to end her campaign, directing blame largely on the fundraising disparities between her campaign and Biden’s.
“While I hoped we could create a breakthrough in New Hampshire, in the final analysis we could not compete with million dollar SUPER PAC-funded TV and internet ad campaigns,” she wrote, per POLITICO. The author has reportedly invested over $400,000 of her own money into her campaign.
Williamson left the race four days after she took second place in the South Carolina Democratic Primary where she secured 2.1% of the vote.
Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips is also campaigning against Biden, hoping to secure a long-shot nomination from the Democratic Party. He earned 1.7% of the vote in South Carolina.
Phillips has floated selecting former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who is currently vying for the Republican presidential nomination, as his vice president. The congressman suggested the “unity ticket” could be favorable to American voters.
Williamson previously ran for president in 2020. Her campaign lasted roughly one year, from January of 2019 to January of 2020. When she left the race, Williamson vowed to support the Democratic nominee.
“I stayed in the race to take advantage of every possible opportunity to share our message,” she said in 2020, per CNN. ‘The primaries might be tightly contested among the top contenders, and I don’t want to get in the way of a progressive candidate winning any of them.”
