Marianne Williamson lashes out at DNC, accuses party of trying to undermine her campaign
Author-turned-Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson (in 2024 and 2020) took to X, formerly Twitter, Tuesday to claim, without evidence, that the Democratic National Committee was attempting to sabotage her campaign.
Williamson suspended her campaign in early Feb. 7 after securing only single-digit support, only to unsuspend it three weeks later. The on-again, off-again candidate remains an option on every Democratic primary ballot except Kentucky, Maryland and Oregon. Despite polling above opponent and fellow long-shot candidate Dean Phillips, she has yet to receive a single delegate from any primary during the 2024 election cycle.
Amaryllis Fox, campaign director for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr, posted a job ad on X from the Democratic Party titled "Independent & Third Part Project Manager." She claimed the "party is actively staffing intelligence operations to infiltrate our campaign events, spy on American volunteers, and scuttle voters' rights to choose anybody other than their candidate or Donald Trump in November."
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Williamson commented under Fox's post that the DNC "did it during the primary too," saying they "even infiltrated staff at the highest levels to sabotage the campaign." She alleged the party's goal was to "'Let her have her fun, make some money, but make sure she doesn't get anywhere.'"
The self-proclaimed spiritual and progressive religious leader posted a series of messages on her account today criticizing this year's election cycle. She called it "the current electoral disaster" and claimed that former President Donald Trump's high polling "was completely preventable."
"For the last 50 years, there has been a corporate coup in this country - shattering the promises of democracy, abolishing the middle class, and leaving the majority of Americans in some mode of economic struggle," Williamson said on her X account.
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Phillips received three delegates before suspending his campaign, and Jason Palmer currently has four. "Uncommitted" has received 35 delegates.
Victor Hagan is the Alabama Election Reporting Fellow for the USA TODAY Network. He can be reached at vhagan@gannett.com or on X @TheVictorHagan. To support his work, subscribe to the Advertiser.
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