Author Marianne Williamson announced Wednesday that she will unsuspend her long-shot bid for the White House after besting Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) Tuesday night in the 2024 Michigan Democratic presidential primary and vocal “uncommitted” protest movement in response to the Israel-Hamas war.
Williamson, who has been calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, had bowed out of the race in early February despite beating Phillips in the South Carolina primary. President Joe Biden has waltzed to easy victories in every Democratic primary contest this cycle but was bruised Tuesday by Arab American and Muslim activists who are upset with Biden’s support for Israel’s invasion of Gaza.
Biden won 81% of the vote, while uncommitted won 13%, Williamson 3%, and Phillips 2.7% in Michigan.
Williamson said Wednesday she had originally dropped out because she “was losing the horse race” but that “something so much more important than the horse race is at stake here, and we must respond.”
She claimed Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris aren’t actually “offering” a winning message to Democratic voters before tearing into the White House’s assessment that the economy is improving.
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“We need to take this country in a direction of hope and possibility and regeneration. That is the vision that will defeat Donald Trump, not ‘let us finish the job.’ We’re watching a car crash in slow motion here. Everybody knows that,” Williamson closed. “Some people would say, ‘Oh, Miss Williamson, you’re delusional.’ I’ll tell you what’s delusional. What’s delusional is just closing our eyes and crossing our fingers and just hoping that somehow, Biden and Harris will be able to beat that juggernaut of dark, dark vision.”
You can watch Williamson’s statement in full below.
