Headline Roundup • February 24th, 2023
Democrat Marianne Williamson Confirms She Will Enter the Presidential Race
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Democrat Marianne Williamson has confirmed that she will run in the 2024 Democratic Presidential Primary.
The Details: A webpage for Williamson suggests "an important announcement" on March 4 at the Union Station Presidential Suite in Washington, D.C., and the page is soliciting donations. Williamson will likely challenge President Joe Biden, who is expected to seek re-election but has not made an official announcement yet. Meanwhile, recent polling suggests some Democrats are less supportive of a Biden reelection bid.
Key Quote: “I wouldn’t be running for president if I didn’t believe I could contribute to harnessing the collective sensibility that I feel is our greatest hope at this time,” Williamson said.
For Context: Williamson is the first Democrat to enter the race, and is an award-winning author, a political activist, and spiritual leader. She also ran for president in 2020 before dropping out.
How the Media Covered it: Right-rated sources covered Williamson's announcement much more prominently than left- and center-rated sources did. Few mainstream sources covered the news.
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Mediaite
Award-winning author turned 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson plans to run for president again in 2024, she confirmed in an interview published on Thursday. Williamson is the first Democrat to toss her hat in the ring to challenge President Joe Biden, should he announce he is seeking reelection.
Williamson’s candidacy was first reported by Medill News Service. She told student journalist Brennan Leach, “I wouldn’t be running for president if I didn’t believe I could contribute to harnessing the collective sensibility that I feel is our greatest hope at this time.”
Williamson was best known as...
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“If we were on FaceTime, I would wink.”
That is the response Marianne Williamson gave to The Washington Times on Thursday after she was pressed on whether she planned to challenge President Biden in the 2024 presidential race.
Ms. Williamson has tried to be coy about her plans, but she appeared to let her intentions slip Thursday in an interview with the college newspaper at Northwestern University.
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“I wouldn’t be running for president if I didn’t believe I could contribute to harnessing...
Marianne Williamson, a prominent progressive who ran for president in 2020, confirmed in an interview published Thursday that she will run again for the Democratic nomination for president in 2024.
That would put her in a Democratic primary against President Biden, who has not announced his own plans but is widely expected to run for reelection next year.
“I wouldn’t be running for president if I didn’t believe I could contribute to harnessing the collective sensibility that I feel is our greatest hope at this time,” Williamson told the Medill News...
