Marianne Williamson, a spiritual leader and author who ran two long Democratic presidential campaigns in 2020 and 2024, is running for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, framing her bid as a way to reimagine the Democratic Party as the party comes together and takes stock of its losses. has During the 2024 election cycle.
In a video announcement posted early Thursday morningWilliamson framed his candidacy for the party chair as an opportunity to rethink the party as a whole.
“I feel that in order for Democrats to rise like a phoenix from the ashes of our electoral defeat, we need to look beyond external issues like data analysis and field planning and fundraising,” Williamson said. “We need to transform, somehow, reinvent the Democratic Party to deal with what MAGA is bringing to the table.”
in one accompanying blog postWilliamson stressed that Democrats need to better understand the appeal of President-elect Donald Trump and the strategy to counter it, adding that he wants to “reinvent the party from within.”
Marianne Williamson speaks with ABC News, Dec. 26, 2024, after announcing her campaign for National Committee Chair.
ABC News
“President Trump has ushered in an era of political theater: a collective adrenaline rush to not only bring the masses to his camp, but to turn the masses away from us. We should not underestimate the historic nature of what he has achieved,” Williamson wrote. “In fact, it’s important to recognize the psychological and emotional dimensions of Trump’s appeal. We need to understand it in order to create the energy to counter it.”
“As president, I will work to reinvent the party from within. In fact, if we want a new president in four years and a new Congress in two years, we must immediately achieve the task of creating a new party,” he said. after adding
Williamson also said he would have a “365-day-a-year strategy” to keep Americans politically engaged year-round and that he wants the party to inspire Americans.
Williamson was unable to generate widespread support for his presidential bids, although he remained in the race until the end of the Democratic presidential primaries and gained some traction with Democrats who wanted to protest the White House over the Israel-Hamas war.
Williamson was also hypercritical of the DNC, to an extent, no Holding the first presidential debates against the president Joe Biden Biden’s last cycle and he has complained rigging process against him.
“We have a very broken emotional bond with millions of Americans, especially working people in the United States. We have to address the problem at that level. At the level of the heart. At the level of the mind,” Williamson told ABC News. Live anchor Kyra Phillips Thursday evening. “People are no longer sympathetic to the Democrats. At least not enough to get us the victory we need on the 26th and 28th.”
Williamson needs to get the support of at least 40 DNC members to qualify for the first DNC candidate forum in early January. The DNC plans to host four moderate forums before the election.
He joins other declared candidates for the DNC chair, including Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler and Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chairman Ken Martin and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. Jamie Harrison, the incumbent, is not running for re-election.
The DNC leadership election will be held at National Harbor outside Washington on February 1st.
