Bloomberg News reports:
Marianne Williamson said she failed to meet the deadline to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination, effectively ending her longshot bid.
“We did everything possible to stand for a blitz primary, an open convention and so forth. Yet the way things worked there truly was no way, and all we could have done is create noise,” Williamson said Monday in a post on X.
The self-help author, who sought to be a progressive alternative, initially suspended her campaign in early February following Democratic contests in New Hampshire and South Carolina. But she reentered the race later that month after the Michigan primary.
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Marianne Williamson ends her longshot bid to challenge Kamala Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee https://t.co/POkFKjeQDx
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) July 29, 2024
6pm on Saturday was the deadline for filing as a Democrat running against Kamala Harris for the nomination for President. We did everything possible to stand for a blitz primary, an open convention and so forth. Yet the way things worked there truly was no way, and all we could…
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) July 29, 2024
As Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) announces her candidacy for POTUS, let’s all take a moment to remember her suggestion of “praying away” Hurricane Dorian in 2019. Let’s please not support any more of these irrational theists, no matter their party, for public office. pic.twitter.com/jz6h7dwRpS
— Shawn “All Outta Bubblegum” McClure (@McClureShawn) March 7, 2023