Marianne Williamson is back in the presidential race.


What You Need To Know

  • Three weeks after dropping out of the presidential race, Democratic candidate Marianne Williamson announced Wednesday she has "unsuspended" her campaign

  • An author, activist and spiritual leader, Williamson said there's a "fascist standing at the door," referring to former President Donald Trump, and that she doesn't believe Biden can beat Trump

  • She, however, did not say what had changed since Feb. 7 that led her to reconsider her White House bid or how she plans to mount a serious challenge to Biden

Three weeks after dropping out, the Democrat announced Wednesday she has "unsuspended" her campaign. 

An author, activist and spiritual leader, Williamson, 71, said in a video posted online that she had ended her campaign because she “was losing the horse race. But something so much more important than the horse race is at stake here. And we must respond.”

“Right now we have a fascist standing at the door,” she said, referring to former President Donald Trump. “ … But we're not going to defeat the fascist by — well, by what? What is President Biden offering?”

Williamson attacked Biden for boasting about the state of the economy. She said only about 20% of the country is doing well financially, “but that 20% is on an island surrounded by a vast sea of economic despair.”

She said Americans don’t own the country, but rather, “We are a government, for all intents and purposes, of the corporations, by the corporations and for the corporations. And we need a president who says this.”

“We're watching a car crash in slow motion here. Everybody knows that. Some people would say, ‘Oh, Miss Williamson, you're delusional.’ I'll tell you what's delusional. What's delusional is just closing our eyes and crossing our fingers and just hoping that somehow Biden and [Kamala] Harris will be able to beat that juggernaut of dark, dark vision,” Williamson said, again referring to Trump.

She, however, did not say what had changed since Feb. 7 that led her to reconsider her White House bid or how she plans to mount a serious challenge to Biden, who could be on the verge of locking up the nomination after Super Tuesday next week.

Williamson dropped out of the race Feb. 7, a day after finishing with just 3% of the vote in the Nevada primary, behind Biden and “none of these candidates.” She received 4% in New Hampshire and 2.1% in South Carolina. 

Despite having ended her campaign, Williamson, whose name remained on the ballot, received 3% in Tuesday’s Michigan primary, behind Biden and “uncommitted” but ahead of Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., who had 2.7%.

A progressive, Williamson, who has never held public office, supports Medicare for All, free college and technical school tuition, paid family leave, subsidized child care, guaranteed housing, a guaranteed living wage and reparations. 

She also ran for president in 2020, but suspended her campaign before the first votes were cast and endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.