Marianne Williamson has called for an open Democratic Party convention and announced that she will seek the nomination.
Since President Joe Biden's poor debate performance, there have been increasing calls for him to be replaced as the nominee at the Democratic National Convention.
Williamson suspended her campaign in February, one day after she failed to be competitive in the Nevada primary. She collected 3,200 votes, just 2.9 percent, compared to Biden's 89.3 percent.
In a statement and video released on Tuesday, Williamson said, “President [Joe] Biden deserves our respect, our compassion, and our gratitude,” but added, “The debate last week, however, made clear that the time is now for another Democratic candidate to take his place on the November ballot.”
"The nominating process for the Democratic Party needs to begin again. We need to recalibrate, and we need to do so quickly. Over the next two months we need to do what we should have been doing over the last year and a half: engaging in a robust conversation about this country and how we’re going to beat Donald Trump in November. Today I throw my hat in the ring. We need to have an exciting campaign and an open convention in August."
Williamson continued, "By the end of the primary season, I had received half a million votes. I traveled throughout the United States for over a year, gaining personal experience of ravages of both body and soul in communities throughout this country. And I did not just bear witness to the problems. I articulated solutions that speak to the minds and hearts of voters on the left, the right, and in the middle. I know how desperately people in this country want change."
The former candidate said if she is nominated, we will “wage peace as effectively as we wage war.”
“This country needs more than changes in policy. We also need a change in our hearts, for without that we will not be able to fuel the ‘new birth of freedom’ we so desperately need. The American people need to rise up now. We need a new coalition of decency and love,” Williamson concluded. “The political-industrial complex has had its way with us for far too long. It’s our turn now.”
