Spiritual guru Marianne Williamson ends 2020 White House bid

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, the spiritual guru and bestselling author, ended her campaign on Friday, weeks before voting begins, saying she did not want to make it tougher for a progressive to win.

She also said she did not believe she would be able to gain enough support in the upcoming contests to make a difference in the race to challenge President Donald Trump.

In a post on her website, Williamson said “we will not be able to garner enough votes in the election to elevate our conversation any more than it is now.” Williamson has barely registered in the polls and struggled in fundraising since launching her bid for president last January.

She laid off her entire staff from her campaign at the end of last year, but continued to appear at campaign events in Iowa and New Hampshire in recent weeks. Her decision leaves 13 candidates remaining in the primary.



Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson speaks at a the Faith, Politics and the Common Good Forum at Franklin Jr. High School, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)


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[cstanleytech]

1. To be honest the name does not ring a bell at all.

[DeminPennswoods]

2. Go to any bookstore or book section

and you'll be able to find her many books. They seem to sell pretty well.

[cstanleytech]

7. I am more of a scifi/fantasy reader so that might be

why I don't recognize her.

[DeminPennswoods]

13. She's in the spirtuality books area, iirc

nt

[cp]

3. Good riddance

[Coventina]

4. Thank goodness.

Who was her constituency, anyway?

[lastlib]

6. I don't think she really had one.......

People who bought help books?

TBH, I didn't even know who SHE was!

[underpants]

5. I'm rubbing sage on this thread to make it better

Noooooo!!!!

[SergeStorms]

8. What I can't understand....

is why she didn't foresee this in the first place?

[X_Digger]

9. Who? n/t

[llmart]

10. Whatever made her think she had a snowball's chance?

Geez. Took her this long to figure it out?

[Withywindle]

11. don't let the door hit ya, etc...

With health care for millions on the line, we don't need a candidate giving ANY legitimacy to anti-vax BS.

[GoneOffShore]

12. Well, that's good news.

She should never have been in in the first place.

[CTyankee]

14. What is that glow behind her? It looks ethereal...

She got the woo...