Props to Marianne Williamson for staying in the presidential race for far longer than anyone thought possible.
Polling at 0.2% last week, the self-help guru released a statement saying that even though she had to lay off her entire staff, she would press on without “a traditional campaign staff.” Points for optimism.
She finally dropped out on Friday afternoon, after running 2020’s most entertaining long-shot presidential campaign not centered on math.
Williamson, who had not qualified for a debate since the summer, stayed in the 2020 presidential race for one reason: to have a platform.
“The point of my candidacy has been to tell the heart’s truth,” she announced in a statement last week.
That truth has involved her radical plans to heal America, from offering $100 billion in reparations to establishing a Department of Peace. Instead, she was known mostly for tweeting maxims such as, “Each of us is pregnant with a better version of ourselves,” and saying to New Zealand’s prime minister on the debate stage, “Girlfriend, you are so on.”
She will be remembered as the only presidential candidate who has felt the need to specify, “This idea that I’m a crystal woo woo lady … the crystal woo woo lady image, to some extent amusing, has no relation to reality.”
Williamson’s remaining supporters may be disappointed by the news, but they’ll quickly recover. Later this month, Gwyneth Paltrow will star in a new Netflix series in which they can learn all about how to unleash better, likely crystal-fueled, versions of themselves.
