Even Marianne Williamson’s 2020 Campaign Manager Wishes She Wouldn’t Run
“This is not her time.”

Sarah Silbiger/Reuters
Marianne Williamson formally kicked off her 2024 presidential campaign on Saturday to a crowd of 800 superfans—but not everyone who likes her is rooting for her. The self-help guru’s 2020 campaign manager told The New York Times that Williamson should not be mounting a primary challenge against President Joe Biden. “She has good ideas and she can add to the debate,” Patricia Ewing told The New York Times. “But this is not her time to actually run for office.”
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