Marianne Williamson suspends her presidential campaign, ending long-shot primary challenge to Biden
Self-help author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson is suspending her long-shot Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Self-help author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson on Wednesday announced the end of her long-shot Democratic challenge to President Joe Biden.
Williamson first ran for president in 2020 and made national headlines by calling for a “ moral uprising ” against then-President Donald Trump while proposing the creation of the Department of Peace. She also argued that the federal government should pay large financial reparations to Black Americans as atonement for centuries of slavery and discrimination.
Among nationally known Democrats, Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips is still running against Biden, who has scored blowout victories in South Carolina and Nevada and easily won in New Hampshire — despite not being on the ballot — after his allies mounted a write-in campaign.
