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Marianne Williamson, the self-help creator and repeat presidential candidate, introduced her plans to pursue a brand new workplace within the coming yr: chairperson of the Democratic Nationwide Committee. In a simply over three-minute video shared Thursday, Williamson made the case for her candidacy, citing a necessity for the Democratic Social gathering to fully rework to ensure that it to “rise like a phoenix from the ashes” within the wake of Donald Trump and the Republican Social gathering’s decisive victories in November.
“Donald Trump is a Twenty first-century political phenomenon, and we have to grow to be one too,” she stated. “And I really feel that if I’m in there, we’ll meet him toe-to-toe. Identical sort of vitality, identical sort of adrenaline, identical sort of political and emotional energy.”
“I wish to assist folks know what’s happening in politics,” she insisted. “I wish to assist folks join with the political points which can be happening of their lives in a really actual and private means. And I wish to assist folks perceive that by connecting to the Democratic Social gathering, they will really make a distinction.”
This would be the second political marketing campaign that Williamson has taken half on this yr alone. In February 2023, Williamson introduced her plans to problem President Joe Biden within the 2024 Democratic presidential main. She acquired 4 % of the vote within the New Hampshire main, the best watermark for her marketing campaign that cycle. Williamson would go on to droop and restart her marketing campaign quite a few occasions earlier than formally dropping out in July after lacking a deadline to problem Vice-President Kamala Harris, who changed Biden on the poll. Williamson additionally sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, garnering consideration for her progressive insurance policies and her knack for going viral on social media.
Williamson joins a steadily rising area within the race to switch outgoing DNC chair Jamie Harrison that features former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, Wisconsin Democratic Social gathering chair Ben Wikler, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Social gathering chair Ken Martin, and New York State Senator James Skoufis. She’s the primary girl to affix the race.
