Marianne Williamson presidential campaign, 2024

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I am motivated by: a moral commitment to the tenets of liberty espoused in the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address; a realization of the Democratic Party's shift away from the party of President Franklin Roosevelt; and the economic injustices endured by millions of Americans due to the influence of corporate money on our political system.[1]

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—Marianne Williamson (February 2023)[2][3]


Marianne Williamson (D) is an author and former 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate. She announced her candidacy for the 2024 presidential election on February 23, 2023.[4]

Williamson has focused her campaign on economic issues, including universal healthcare, tuition-free higher education, paid parental leave, and a minimum wage increase. In her campaign announcement video, she said, "we all owe President Biden a debt of gratitude for defeating President Trump in 2020. But with the things that they're going to be throwing at us in 2024, we need to submit to the American people an agenda of fundamental economic reform."[5]

She ran in the Democratic primary for president of the United States in 2020. She entered the race on January 28, 2019, and ended her campaign on January 10, 2020.[6]

Williamson in the news

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This section features up to five recent news stories about Williamson and her presidential campaign. For a complete timeline of Williamson's campaign activity, click here.

Biography

Williamson was born in 1952 and grew up in Houston, Texas. She attended Pomona College in California for two years. Williamson read the book A Course in Miracles in her mid-20s, which she has credited with launching her career as an author and lecturer.[14]

Williamson lectured on the book throughout the 1980s. In 1989, she founded Project Angel Food, a program delivering food to homebound individuals with AIDS in the Los Angeles area.[15] She co-founded The Peace Alliance in 2004. The nonprofit says it aims to educate and advocate around peacebuilding, including a campaign for the establishment of a U.S. Department of Peace.[16]

As of the beginning of her presidential campaign, Williamson had published 14 books, including four New York Times #1 best sellers.[14] She also had appeared as a guest on television shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and Real Time With Bill Maher.

Williamson ran as an independent to represent California's 33rd Congressional District in the U.S. House in 2014. She placed fourth in an 18-candidate field, receiving 13 percent of the vote in the top-two primary election.

She ran in the Democratic primary for president of the United States in 2020. She entered the race on January 28, 2019, and ended her campaign on January 10, 2020.[6]

Campaign finance

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Campaign advertisements

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Policy positions

The following policy positions were compiled from the candidate's official campaign website, editorials, speeches, and interviews.

Immigration

Williamson's campaign website said, "Immigrants are not our enemies. I don’t know any progressive who is arguing for open borders, but we are arguing for open hearts. This is so important to remember today as immigrants are often viciously scapegoated. Scapegoating immigrants, particularly Mexicans and Central Americans, is a deliberate dehumanization technique. Dehumanizing others has always been the required first step leading toward history’s collective atrocities. This is not the first time dehumanization has reared its head in our nation, and we must stand up against it now as other generations stood up against it in their time." [source]

Healthcare

Williamson's campaign website said, "We need a single-payer healthcare system. The WHOLE HEALTH PLAN expands the healthcare debate, tackling not only how to pay for healthcare but also how to provide greater opportunities for health. The problem in America is not just that our current healthcare system fails to adequately treat sickness. The problem is our current economic system, based as it is on an inordinate focus on short-term profit, actually increases the probability of sickness." [source]

Energy and environmental issues

Economy

Williamson's campaign website said, "A system that does not feel, which has no sense of ethical responsibility to people or planet, is a dangerous guide to America’s future. Living for our principles will provide more economic security than living for short-term corporate interests can ever provide. Our government should not be run like a business; it should be run like a family, where taking care of each other, and taking care of our home, are the values that guide us. America can create a care economy." [source]

Education

Williamson's campaign website said, "Every public school in America should be a palace of learning, culture and the arts. That will be a primary goal of the Williamson administration. Education is a central tenet of our inalienable right to the 'pursuit of happiness,' as it immeasurably expands one’s ability to actualize our God-given talents. All students deserve a world class public school education. [source]

Gun regulation

Williamson's campaign website said, "Gun violence is the largest cause of death among America’s children. This situation is an emergency, and a President Williamson will treat it as such." [source]

Criminal justice

Wiliamson's campaign website said, "America’s criminal justice system creates just results for some people, but it is terribly unjust for far too many others. Research has shown that our history of 'tough on crime' laws have been directly responsible for America becoming the most incarcerated nation in the industrialized world. These laws disproportionately affect minorities and low-income communities. And because we do so little to rehabilitate those who are incarcerated, we have created a revolving door at our jails and prisons. Within five years of their release, three-quarters of formerly incarcerated persons are arrested once again, usually for minor infractions. Criminal justice has become both a political and moral disaster." [source]

Foreign policy

Abortion

Williamson's campaign website said, "Regarding abortion rights, I am one hundred percent pro-choice. I believe the decision of whether or not to have an abortion lies solely with a pregnant woman, according to the dictates of her conscience and in communion with the God of her understanding. I trust the moral decision-making of the American woman, and I do not feel the government has a right to deny or restrict her decisions." [source]

Coronavirus response

Wiliamson's campaign website said, "According to studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), our country’s inadequate response to COVID-19 has resulted in over 1.1 million deaths and on average over 3200 people hospitalized daily. This means that the pandemic should return to status as a national emergency. Long Covid has caused both cognitive and physical impairments, and we must ensure those affected are protected in their workplace, as well as with the potential impacts to their housing and healthcare needs. As a country, we cannot compromise on relieving the trauma inflicted upon working people, and disabled and otherwise marginalized communities." [source]

Election policy

Williamson's campaign website listed the following policies, "Establishment of election day as a national holiday, and guarantee of enough time and polling places to allow for easy access to voting. [...] Ensure prepaid vote by mail is the standard for all elections (local, state, and federal)." [source]

Sex and gender issues

Williamson's campaign website said, "Our Declaration of Independence holds that the inalienable rights of, 'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,' are endowed to ALL humans by their creator at birth. In 2015, marriage equality became the law of the land, yet there is still no federal law explicitly protecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities from discrimination. These communities, therefore, do not enjoy the full breadth of freedoms that this country espouses to guarantee to each and every citizen. This is in direct violation of our founding principles." [source]

Opioids and drug issues

Williamson's campaign website said, "The rate of addiction and drug overdoses is higher in rural America, and most counties don’t have medical professionals who specialize in treating addiction. Telehealth can help deliver treatment for opioid use disorder by making it easier for those suffering from addiction to speak to specialists." [source]

Veterans

Williamson's campaign website said, "I have a deep sense of gratitude for the women and men that serve in our armed forces. It saddens me that some Veterans don’t always have access to the best care and attention that they have earned. That’s why, if I am elected president, I will work closely with veteran advocacy groups to put forth policies that matter most to our nation’s active duty service members and veterans." [source]

Other policy positions

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Abortion

Administrative state

Coronavirus response

Criminal justice

Economy

Education

Election policy

Energy and environmental issues

Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)

Federalism

Foreign policy

Government ethics

Gun regulation

Healthcare

Sex and gender issues

Immigration

Impeachment

Infrastructure

Opioids and drug issues

Trade

Veterans


Campaign themes

Website

Policies from Williamson's campaign website as of October 26, 2023, are excerpted below.

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Animal Protection
My commitment to advocating for animal welfare is a long-standing and deeply held personal conviction. As President, I will lead on animal welfare by appointing strong leaders at the Agriculture and Interior departments and all other agencies with exposure to animal welfare issues. I’ll support bills that help animals and veto measures that hurt them.

I have long believed in the power of the human-animal bond and the hard-wired connection we have with wild and domesticated animals. Animals enrich our lives and are an antidote to loneliness and sadness. They comfort young and old alike, and make us more human and humane. More than two-thirds of American households have pets and hundreds of millions of us enjoy visiting national parks and other protected areas to see birds and mammals.

Yet there are still too many examples where the human-animal bond is broken and people treat animals cruelly.

Children
The way to take care of our economy tomorrow is by taking care of our children today.

When it comes to health, hunger, addiction, education, and safety – we are shirking our responsibilities as a nation of parents. Child advocacy is not being addressed with the attention and care it deserves. Too many of our children are endangered physically and emotionally. This is a humanitarian emergency.

Climate Action
Our biggest crisis regarding the climate emergency is humanity’s massive state of denial that it exists on the scale it does. Yet willingness to recognize the depth of the problem is prerequisite to our solving it. It is a psychological and moral challenge to face the horror of what stands before us over the next ten years should we not act; yet there – in our standing raw before the truth that it confronts us with – lies our only hope for surviving it.

Crime Prevention
Among all industrialized nations, the United States ranks at the top in violent crime. We have the highest homicide rates, seven times higher than the average for other nations. For much of the neighborhoods and communities throughout the country, our local governments have failed to supply effective crime prevention solutions.

Criminal Justice
America’s criminal justice system creates just results for some people, but it is terribly unjust for far too many others. Research has shown that Our history of “tough on crime” laws have been directly responsible for America becoming the most incarcerated nation in the industrialized world. These laws disproportionately affect minorities and low-income communities. And because we do so little to rehabilitate those who are incarcerated, we have created a revolving door at our jails and prisons. Within five years of their release, three-quarters of formerly incarcerated persons are arrested once again, usually for minor infractions.

Criminal justice has become both a political and moral disaster.

Disability Justice
All people deserve the support they may need to live independently, move around, care for themselves, get an education, vote, and work safely and productively. But people with disabilities are often denied these basic rights. They are often denied vital healthcare and home-based care and assistance they need to live independently. They are too often forced into institutions where they have little freedom and abuse is rampant, and they are impoverished by policies that penalize them for working and earning money.

Economy
A system that does not feel, which has no sense of ethical responsibility to people or planet, is a dangerous guide to America’s future. Living for our principles will provide more economic security than living for short-term corporate interests can ever provide. Our government should not be run like a business; it should be run like a family, where taking care of each other, and taking care of our home, are the values that guide us. America can create a care economy.

Economic Bill of Rights
A core principle of the Williamson administration will be to realign public policy with the most basic elements of our humanity. The purpose of data and statistics, especially economic ones, should be placed in service to the human condition.

One of my favorite lines from Mahatma Gandhi is when he said that “the idea that economics is a verifiable science is one of the greatest evils ever foisted on the human mind.” The laws of physics, for instance, are objectively the same no matter where they’re applied. The laws of economics, however, often stray into subjectivity when applied to real people’s lives.

Education
Education is more than a pathway to a better job; it is a gateway to a more empowered life. Good universal education is essential to a democracy because it gives the tools to all citizens to think, and to act, with the power that is necessary for self-governance.

A more conscious sense of citizenship is imperative if we’re to right the ship of our democracy; without training in the rigor of critical thinking, we’re less prepared for engaged citizenship. A world class education should be the right of every American citizen, not only for the sake of the individual citizen but for the sake of the country.

Democracy bestows more than rights. It bestows responsibilities as well: the responsibility to analyze intelligently what is happening in our country, and make carefully considered decisions regarding who should represent us. Education gives us a greater ability to direct our own lives, and the destiny of our country.

Food Safety
Over the past century, the advent of modern farming techniques, the corporatization of agriculture, the use of petrochemical-based fertilizers, and the subsidizing and encouragement of Big Ag have collectively created a poisonous brew that is now affecting our health and well-being in critical ways.

Government & Democracy
At the deepest level, what we think of as “issues” aren’t always the issue. What politicians normally refer to as “issues” are mere symptoms, all of which share an underlying cause: a disconnection between our politics and our democratic principles, as our government has become subservient to the governing principle of short-term profit maximization for huge multinational corporations.

Gun Safety
Americans have no way of knowing the consequences, several years from now, of generations of young children going to school every day praying that they will not be shot. Gun violence is the largest cause of death among America’s children. This situation is an emergency, and a President Williamson will treat it as such.

Health
We need a single-payer health care system.

The WHOLE HEALTH PLAN expands the health care debate, tackling not only how to pay for health care but also how to provide greater opportunities for health. The problem in America is not just that our current healthcare system fails to adequately treat sickness. The problem is our current economic system, based as it is on an inordinate focus on short-term profit, actually increases the probability of sickness.

Immigration Justice
Immigrants are not our enemies. I don’t know any progressive who is arguing for open borders, but we are arguing for open hearts. This is so important to remember today as immigrants are often viciously scapegoated. Scapegoating immigrants, particularly Mexicans and Central Americans, is a deliberate dehumanization technique. Dehumanizing others has always been the required first step leading toward history’s collective atrocities. This is not the first time dehumanization has reared its head in our nation, and we must stand up against it now as other generations stood up against it in their time.

Innovative Solutions for Individual & Collective Repair
It’s a moral imperative that we extend care and support to our global family, addressing issues from economic justice to safeguarding our planet for future generations. Yet, there’s an often overlooked area that deserves more attention: our physical and emotional well-being. We must invest in the resources needed for peaceful coexistence and productivity. Fields like Public Health, psychology, social science, and more provide innovative solutions to humanity’s challenges, focusing on root causes and lasting remedies. Discover more about these cutting-edge approaches that can shape a healthier future.

Labor
All Americans deserve a job, no matter their education. Every employee should be able to thrive in their workplace, no matter the work. All work should have respect, and all workers should have dignity.

LGBTQIA+ Rights
Our Declaration of Independence holds that the inalienable rights of, “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” are endowed to ALL humans by their creator at birth. In 2015, marriage equality became the law of the land, yet there is still no federal law explicitly protecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities from discrimination. These communities, therefore, do not enjoy the full breadth of freedoms that this country espouses to guarantee to each and every citizen. This is in direct violation of our founding principles.

Mass Incarceration
In the words of John F. Kennedy, “We cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.” Our system of mass incarceration is a huge wound upon the spirit of America, and that wound can only be healed if we address what it is, how it got here, and how it can be changed.

Central to our problem is a penchant for punishment, rather than rehabilitation, that runs through too much of our criminal justice system. While there are many good people working within the system, institutionally we remain stuck within an obsolete consciousness that does more to prepare people for a life of crime once they get out of jail, than for a life repaired.

Native American Justice
One of the great tragedies of American history, not only for Native Americans, but for European settlers as well, is that we denied ourselves the extraordinary cultural and spiritual possibilities of what might have been. Had a partnership rather than dominator model of social organization been chosen centuries ago, not only Native American culture, but also European American culture, would now be much more advanced. Due to increased historical and spiritual awareness, America is now ready to repair wounds both old and new, so that we can pave the way to a more enlightened future. As President, I would be honored to preside over both.

Pandemic & Long Covid Response
According to studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), our country’s inadequate response to COVID-19 has resulted in over 1.1 million deaths and on average over 3200 people hospitalized daily. This means that the pandemic should return to status as a national emergency.

Long Covid has caused both cognitive and physical impairments, and we must ensure those affected are protected in their workplace, as well as with the potential impacts to their housing and healthcare needs. As a country, we cannot compromise on relieving the trauma inflicted upon working people, and disabled and otherwise marginalized communities.

Peace
Ending the scourge of violence in the United States and across the planet requires more than suppressing violence. Lasting peace requires its active and systematized cultivation at every level of government and society. The U.S. Department of Peace will coordinate and spur the efforts we need to make our country and the world a safer place. Nothing short of broad-scale investment and government reorientation can truly turn things around. Both domestically and internationally, we must dramatically ramp up the use of proven powers of peace-building, including dialogue, mediation, conflict resolution, economic and social development, restorative justice, public health approaches to violence prevention, trauma-informed systems of care, social and emotional learning in schools, and many others.

Poverty
It is shocking that in the richest country in the world, well over a third of the American people are poor or near-poor. Nearly 70% of Americans would struggle to meet an unexpected expense of $400, according to a report by the Federal Reserve. The poverty level is a $30,000 annual income for a family with two adults and two children. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that approximately 38 million people were poor in 2021. That means more than one in nine Americans live below the poverty line. Poverty rates are higher for Black Americans and Native Americans – 19.5 percent and 27 percent, respectively, compared to 8.1 percent for non-Hispanic whites. When you include the near-poor, the figures rise to over 93 million people (about 29% of all people) that have income below 200% of the poverty level.

Reparations
I do not believe the average American is a racist, but I believe the average American is undereducated about the history of race in America. When our history is viewed through a clear lens – historically, economically and morally – white America is seen owing a debt to the descendants of enslaved people. That is why I support, and have a plan for, a program of reparations to the descendants of American enslaved people.

Reproductive Justice
Regarding abortion rights, I am one hundred percent pro-choice.

I believe the decision of whether or not to have an abortion lies solely with a pregnant woman, according to the dictates of her conscience and in communion with the God of her understanding. I trust the moral decision-making of the American woman, and I do not feel the government has a right to deny or restrict her decisions.

Social Security
Social Security has worked well for generations to reduce poverty among seniors and the disabled. It is under attack today by Wall Street banks and related financial “service” entities who want to privatize it for no other reason than to tap into another new and huge source of income and bonuses.

Under no circumstances should we put Social Security at risk. We need to protect this successful and compassionate program that retiring Americans have relied on for nearly eighty-five years.

Student Plan
Every public school in America should be a palace of learning, culture and the arts. That will be a primary goal of the Williamson administration. Education is a central tenet of our inalienable right to the “pursuit of happiness,” as it immeasurably expands one’s ability to actualize our God-given talents. All students deserve a world class public school education.

Veteran's Rights
Our veterans are some of the best and brightest citizens we have. To be willing to put their lives on the line so that the rest of us may exercise our freedom is something I am in awe of. I have a deep sense of gratitude for the women and men that serve in our armed forces. It saddens me that some Veterans don’t always have access to the best care and attention that they have earned. That’s why, if I am elected president, I will work closely with veteran advocacy groups to put forth policies that matter most to our nation’s active duty service members and veterans.

Women's Rights
One of the most profound shifts of the 21st Century is the emerging power of women. From the #MeToo movement to issues of equal pay for equal work, from shattering glass ceilings to dismantling patriarchal economic and social systems, the 21st Century will continue to see a deep rebalancing of male and female power.

As the first woman President of the United States, I would be deeply aware of my pivotal role in ushering in a new era of female leadership. If I am given the authority, I will use the full powers of the presidency to advocate for the things women care about.[17] [1]

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Campaign logo and slogan

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  • A New Beginning

Campaign staff

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The table below shows a partial list of national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager, senior advisors, political directors, communications directors, field directors, and the national press secretary. They are presented alongside their positions in the campaign, their most recent positions prior to the campaign, and their Twitter handles. To recommend additions, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.

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Marianne Williamson presidential campaign national staff, 2024
Staff Position Prior experience Twitter handle
Carlos Cardona[18] Campaign manager New Hampshire state director, Marianne Williamson 2024 presidential campaign @CardonaLebron
Duran Brown[19] Press secretary Unknown N/A


Social media and campaign website

Campaign website

Social media accounts

Timeline of campaign activity

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The following section provides a timeline of Williamson's campaign activity beginning in January 2023. The entries are sorted by month in reverse chronological order.


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2023




  • October 26, 2023: Williamson held a campaign event in San Diego, California.[46]
  • October 25, 2023: Williamson held a campaign event in Encinitas, California.[47]
  • October 23, 2023: Williamson held a campaign event in Los Angeles, California.[48]
  • October 22, 2023: Williamson held a campaign event in San Francisco, California.[49]
  • October 21, 2023: Williamson held a campaign event in Oakland, California.[50]
  • October 20, 2023: Williamson spoke at Scripps College in Claremont, California.[51]
  • October 18, 2023: Williamson spoke at UC Berkeley in Berkeley, California.[52]
  • October 17, 2023: Williamson spoke at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C..[53]
  • October 16, 2023: Williamson spoke at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.[54]
  • October 15, 2023: The October quarterly Federal Election Commission campaign finance reporting deadline passed. Williamson raised $821,832 and spent $825,656, with $101,167 in cash on hand as of September 30.[55]
  • October 11, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Las Vegas, Nevada.[56]
  • October 9, 2023: Williamson held campaign events in Carson City and Reno, Nevada.[57]
  • October 8, 2023: Williamson issued a statement in response to Hamas' military attacks against Israel, and Israel's subsequent declaration of war. Williamson said, "Innocent civilians who had nothing to do with the actions of the Israeli government are, even as I write this, either being tortured or killed or are dead already. Children have been taken hostage. A nation is terrorized. Israeli Military Intelligence, who everyone thought had such vast operational superiority that no one would ever dare do what Hamas has now done, has spectacularly and tragically failed at its job. And yes, I know. These events did not occur in a vacuum. I could write about - and indeed I have, and at length - the myriad injustices Palestinians have endured at the hands of Israel. [...] For now, I stand with Israel. And I stand with the Palestinian people. I do not stand with Hamas, nor will I ever."[58]
  • October 7, 2023: Williamson held a campaign event in Las Vegas, Nevada.[59]
  • October 4, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Tilton, Henniker, Manchester, and Goffstown, New Hampshire.[60]
  • October 3, 2023: Williamson spoke at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.[61]
  • October 2, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Rindge, Keene, and Exeter, New Hampshire.[62]
  • October 1, 2023: Williamson held campaign events in Franconia and Durham, New Hampshire.[63]

  • September 22, 2023: Williamson held a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia.[64]
  • September 17, 2023: Williamson wrote an op-ed for the New Hampshire Union-Leader titled "Marianne Williamson: It's time for a huge change in America." Williamson wrote, "The worst enemy of democracy is not Donald Trump; the worst enemy of democracy is corporate greed. Corporate greed laid the foundation for a world in which ideas such as Trump’s are thought by anyone to be attractive. People aren’t attracted to authoritarians as long as democracy is doing what it is meant to do: provide what in our Declaration of Independence are referred to as the 'inalienable rights' of 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'"[65]
  • September 10, 2023: Williamson held a campaign event in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[66]
  • September 9, 2023: Williamson held campaign events in Highland Park and Royal Oak, Michigan.[67]



  • June 30, 2023:
  • June 20, 2023: Politico reported that Roza Calderon resigned as Williamson's campaign manager.[96]
  • June 9, 2023: Williamson's campaign issued a statement on Trump's indictment on charges he mishandled classified documents. Williamson's campaign said, "The indictment of a former president on charges related to the Espionage Act is a sobering development. All Americans - regardless of our political affiliation - should be hoping for a fair and impartial trial for the former president. Mr. Trump and his lawyers have the right to defend his case in court, and all of us as citizens have the responsibility to honor our criminal codes of justice."[97]

  • May 31, 2023:
    • Williamson wrote an op-ed for Newsweek titled "Debate Us, Mr. President." Williamson wrote, "Candidate suppression is a form of voter suppression, and the party that purports to be the champion of democracy should not be so wary of it in our own house. The best way to protect our democracy is through practicing it. The DNC does not have the right to determine who's 'qualified' for president, when all that really means is who in their mind is qualified to perpetuate the system as it is. The Democratic Party must allow President Biden to debate his opponents. The fate of our democracy is at stake, and only more democracy can save it."[98]
    • Williamson commented on the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, saying, "The debt ceiling deal is not an example of good governance and honorable compromise. It sells out the American people and the planet on which we live, protecting the powerful and inflicting harm on the weak and powerless."[99]
  • May 23, 2023: Williamson released the text of her economic policy, titled "An Economic Bill of Rights: A Vision for a Moral Economy." Click here to read the policy.[100]
  • May 20, 2023: Williamson's campaign manager, Peter Daou, resigned from her campaign.[101] In a statement, Daou said, "urgent family obligations made it very difficult for me to continue in my role, but I believe deeply in the campaign's platform, which is the strongest and most transformation of this election. I wish Marianne and the team well as they promote crucial issues like universal healthcare, climate action, and reparations."[102]
  • May 19, 2023: Williamson's deputy campaign manager, Jason Call, resigned from her campaign.[103]
  • May 18, 2023: Williamson delivered a speech outlining her economic policy at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.. Williamson said, "People are struggling because the entire political system over the last fifty years has left millions of people behind, creating and countenancing the destruction of America's middle class. Forces of economic royalism that have sucked the majority of America's financial resources into the hands of 1% of Americans are headquartered in both political parties. And the Democrats will win in 2024 as well as for the foreseeable future by reclaiming its traditional values as the party that tells those forces to get the hell out."[104]
  • May 14, 2023: Williamson spoke at a Mother's Day event in Atlanta, Georgia.[105]
  • May 11, 2023: Williamson held a campaign event in Washington, D.C..[106]
  • May 9, 2023: Williamson held a town hall in Darlington, Pennsylvania, which is near East Palestine, Ohio, to discuss the train derailment in East Palestine.[107]
  • May 3, 2023: In response to the Writers Guild of America strike, Williamson said, "The WGA writers strike will go down as a pivotal moment in the counteroffensive against vulture capitalism ... And economic system - in Hollywood or anywhere else - that thrives by keeping the majority of people in a necessitous situation is an attack on freedom."[108]

  • April 29, 2023: Williamson spoke at the South Carolina Democratic Party state convention in Columbia, South Carolina.[109]
  • April 28, 2023: Williamson spoke at a Young Democrats of South Carolina event in Columbia, South Carolina. She also spoke at a Lexington County Democrats event in Lexington.[110]
  • April 27, 2023: Williamson spoke at an event at the College of Charleston.[111]
  • April 26, 2023: Williamson spoke at a Young Democrats of Emory University event.[112]
  • April 25, 2023: Williamson released a statement responding to President Joe Biden's (D) announcement that he would seek re-election. Williamson said, "I look forward to a robust debate with Joe Biden, as I present to the American people my platform of fundamental economic reform as a far better way to win the White House in 2024 than the president’s incremental approach to governing. At such a critical time in our country, neither the President nor the DNC has the right to determine who and who is not a serious candidate. That is the right of the people alone."[113]
  • April 24, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Detroit, Michigan and spoke at an event hosted by the Michigan State University College Democrats.[114][115]
  • April 22, 2023: Williamson spoke at an Earth Day event in New York City.[116]
  • April 17, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Durham and Plaistow, New Hampshire.[117]
  • April 16, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Keene and Henniker, New Hampshire.[118]
  • April 15, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Dover, New Hampshire. She also spoke at an event hosted by Cornel West in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[119]
  • April 14, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Lancaster and Littleton, New Hampshire.[120]
  • April 11, 2023: Williamson spoke at an event hosted by the Yale Political Union.[121]

  • March 31, 2023: Williamson spoke at a drag show and story hour in Johnson City, Tennessee.[122]
  • March 29, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Lancaster, South Carolina. She appeared at an event hosted by the Lancaster County Democratic Party.[123]
  • March 28, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Charleston, South Carolina. According to WCBD, Williamson "visit[ed] a North Charleston community center on Tuesday to meet with voters, activists, party officials, religious leaders, and state representatives."[124]
  • March 27, 2023: Williamson campaign in Columbia, South Carolina.[125]
  • March 26, 2023: Williamson spoke at a South Carolina Democratic Party Black Caucus dinner in West Columbia, South Carolina.[126]
  • March 15, 2023: Williamson announced Carlos Cardona would serve as her campaign's New Hampshire state director. At the time, Cardona was a member of the Democratic National Committee's Rule Committee, and formerly chaired the Laconia Democratic Party.[127]
  • March 13, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Milford, New Hampshire.[128]
  • March 12, 2023: Williamson campaigned in North Hampton and Manchester, New Hampshire.[129]
  • March 11, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Concord, Laconia, and Manchester, New Hampshire.[130]
  • March 10, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Peterborough, Raymond, and Londonderry, New Hampshire.[131]
  • March 9, 2023: Williamson campaign in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She also addressed the New Hampshire State Senate.[132][133]
  • March 8, 2023: Williamson campaigned in Hampton, New Hampshire. Speaking to WMUR 9, she commented on the Democratic National Committee's early primary calendar plan, "New Hampshirites are clearly open to independent thinkers, to progressive thinkers, so the DNC just tried to shuttle that off to the side, you know. It's all so obvious."[134]
  • March 6, 2023: Williamson held a meet and greet in Charleston, South Carolina.[135]
  • March 4, 2023: Williamson officially launched her campaign at an event in Washington, D.C.. She said, "The opponent is not a specific situation or circumstance. The opponent is an economic mindset that has had its grip on this country for the last 50 years."[136]
  • March 2, 2023: Williamson tweeted about her healthcare policy. She wrote, "Insulin capped at $35 is huge and important, but it's just the beginning. The goal is universal healthcare in America, just as there is in every other advanced democracy."[137]

  • February 26, 2023: The Washington Post interviewed Williamson. In the interview, she said she would campaign in South Carolina, New Hampshire, and East Palestine, Ohio, after her formal presidential declaration on March 4.[138]
  • February 23, 2023: In an interview with the Medill News Service, Williamson confirmed her candidacy for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.[139]


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