Marianne Williamson suspends presidential campaign

Marianne Williamson introduced Wednesday night time she is ending her Democratic presidential marketing campaign for president.

The 71-year-old writer mentioned in a video posted to social media that “it’s time to droop my marketing campaign for the presidency.”

“We did what we may to shed some gentle in some very darkened instances. For that I’ll all the time be so grateful,” Williamson mentioned.

Her announcement got here sooner or later after she was soundly defeated by President Biden within the Nevada Democratic main. 

Williamson, together with Rep. Dean Phillips, launched longshot bids to unseat Mr. Biden from his incumbent bid for the White Home final 12 months. Phillips stays within the race. 

“Marianne Williamson is a lady of braveness, power, and compassion for the nation who has been grossly mistreated by a system designed to just do that,” Phillips mentioned in a social media publish late Wednesday. “I am honored to have run alongside her, and can carry our shared ideas ahead with fortitude. We’re grateful for you, Marianne. This is not over.”  

Whereas Mr. Biden refused to debate his challengers, Williamson and Phillips debated on Jan. 8 in New Hampshire, the place they hoped to win with Mr. Biden absent from the New Hampshire Democratic main poll. Nevertheless, a profitable write-in effort on behalf of Mr. Biden by Granite State allies earned the president a victory, all however ending his challengers’ White Home bids.

Williamson additionally ran within the 2020 Democratic main, and previous to dropping out, laid off her complete employees after failing to satisfy fundraising and polling thresholds for all however the first debate.

She had troubles this marketing campaign cycle as nicely, rotating between three completely different marketing campaign managers in her short-lived marketing campaign. Carlos Cardona, her most up-to-date marketing campaign supervisor, instructed CBS Information that he left her marketing campaign the day after New Hampshire’s main. 

Extra from CBS Information