This evening Marianne put an end to this uncertainty by sharing the following message to her supporters.
You haven’t heard from me for several days, as I had to process what it meant for me that we had disappointing results in New Hampshire. This moment is a fork in the road, as I’ve had to decide whether now is the time for a dignified exit or continue on our campaign journey.
It has not been an easy decision. But one thing has stuck with me and overshadowed my thinking: If I were to leave now, I could go back to my life and I would be absolutely okay. But who would not be okay are the countless people who have come up to me at events and written to me over the last five days, who have seen in this campaign the hope that perhaps their chronic economic burdens and unearned suffering could be relieved.
They still do not have health care, they still hold huge college debt, they still have to work two or three jobs to make ends meet, and they still live with the constant fear of an environmental disaster. There would be no candidate left to discuss a Department of Peace, or a Department of Children and Youth, or the housing emergency, or ending the War on Drugs.
Therefore, I have decided to continue. We are not going to do what the establishment expects or demands of us. I have seen how our system works, and I will not just walk away. Money is used to squash people and that is wrong. The fact that that was done to me is inconsequential — but for far too many others, it is not inconsequential at all. For them — and with them — I dedicate the next phase of my campaign to smashing the machine that would mute my voice, and by extension, theirs.
Thank you so much for supporting me in the next phase of things. I promise we will rock it.
With true love and affection,
P.S. #SmashTheMachine
Please support our effort to inconvenience power, disrupt the corrupt, and smash the machine. We have 11 days before the Nevada primary in which to protest the coronation [of Joe Biden as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee].
UPDATE: A message from Marianne Williamson to the voters of Nevada – February 1, 2024 . . .
Marianne Williamson in Nevada – 2/4/24
Related Off-site Links and Updates:
Williamson Says She Discussed With Volunteers Whether to End Presidential Campaign – Filip Timotija (The Hill, January 26, 2024).
Still Running: Marianne Williamson Denies Rumors She Is Dropping Out of 2024 Race – Misty Severi (Washington Examiner, January 26, 2024).
Marianne Williamson on Running for President, Challenging Biden and Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire – Democracy Now! (January 23, 2024).
Supporter of Biden Primary Challenger Marianne Williamson Launching New Super PAC to Boost Bid – Zachary Leeman (The Messenger, January 31, 2024).
Williamson Encourages Nevada Voters to Become Democrats for a Day – 2 News Nevada (February 3, 2024).
Marianne Williamson: This Idea That Everything is Rosy is Not the Experience of Majority of Americans – Cavuto Live (February 3, 2024).
Marianne Williamson Tops Dean Phillips in South Carolina Primary – Chris Cameron (The New York Times, February 4, 2024).
A Democrat Beating Biden May Be Impossible. Is Nevada Marianne Williamson’s Last Chance? – Jacob Solis (The Nevada Independent, February 4, 2024).
For The Wild Reed’s coverage of Marianne Williamson’s 2024 presidential campaign, see the following chronologically-ordered posts:
• Marianne 2024
• Marianne Williamson Launches 2024 Presidential Campaign
• Progressive Perspectives on Marianne Williamson’s Presidential Run
• More Progressive Perspectives on Marianne Williamson’s Presidential Run
• Ben Burgis: Quote of the Day – March 10, 2023
• Despite the Undemocratic Antics of the DNC, Marianne Williamson Plans on “Winning the Nomination”
• The Biblical Roots of “From Each According to Ability; To Each According to Need”
• Marianne Williamson on The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton – 05/30/23
• Marianne Williamson’s Economic Bill of Rights
• Three Progressive Voices on the War in Ukraine
• Marianne Williamson: Quote of the Day – June 27, 2023
• Marianne Williamson on The Issue Is with Elex Michaelson – 07/20/23
• Voters, Not the DNC, Should Choose the Nominee
• Marianne Williamson in New Hampshire
• Marianne Williamson: “Repairing Our Hearts Is Essential to Repairing Our Country”
• Marianne Williamson on Trump’s Day in Court
• Marianne Williamson on NewsNation – 08/25/23
• Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson Joins NYC’s March to End Fossil Fuels
• Marianne Williamson on Your World – 10/6/23
• Marianne Williamson’s “Radical Idea” of Putting People First
• Marianne Williamson: “We Need to Disrupt the Corrupt”
• “We Are Surging”
• “Let the People Decide”: Marianne Williamson on the DNC’s Efforts to Deny and Suppress the Democratic Process
• Democratic Presidential Debate: Marianne Williamson and Dean Phillips – 1/8/24
• The Democrats Challenging Biden
• Bannering for Marianne
• Campaigning for Marianne Williamson in New Hampshire – Day 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
See also:
• Marianne Williamson: “We Must Challenge the Entire System”
• Marianne Williamson on the Current Condition of the U.S.
• Marianne Williamson’s Politics of Love: The Rich Roll Interview
• Now Here’s a Voice I’d Like to Hear Regularly on the Sunday Morning Talk Shows
• A Deeper Perspective on What’s Really Attacking American Democracy
• Marianne Williamson on the Tenth Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street
• “Two of the Most Dedicated and Enlightened Heroes of Present Day America”
• Deep Gratitude
• “A Beautiful Message, So Full of Greatness”
• Marianne Williamson: “Anything That Will Help People Thrive, I’m Interested In”
• Caitlin Johnstone: “Status Quo Politicians Are Infinitely ‘Weirder’ Than Marianne Williamson”
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