Self-help author Marianne Williamson told donors on Sunday that she will run for president as a Democrat in 2024, mounting what is likely to be a primary challenge to President Joe Biden from his left flank.
Williamson, who also sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 but failed to make any primary, will likely challenge Biden from the left, should he ultimately run for reelection as expected. She is unlikely to get any institutional support, including from powerful progressives in Washington, as the Democratic Party appears to be coalescing around the president.
In 2020, she ran in a field of more than two dozen Democratic presidential candidates on a largely pacifist message. She also became known for using similar language from her self-help experience in her campaign, including calling out then-President Donald Trump and saying she would “harness love” to defeat the “fear” he had deployed to entice voters.
Williamson also embraced a slate of progressive policies like so-called “Medicare for All” and a $15 minimum wage.
Separately, she has had to combat controversy around vaccines, particularly in in the wake of COVID-19, after calling vaccine mandates “Orwellian” in 2019. She has since said there is a legitimate debate to be had around such mandates but that she is inoculated against COVID-19.
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