Former Democrat presidential candidate Marianne Williamson launched a bid to chair the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
In a blog post on Substack, Williamson claimed the “MAGA phenomenon now challenges the very way that politics are done in America, and the traditional tool kit of party organizing will not be enough to meet the moment.”
Williamson asserted that President-elect Donald Trump “has ushered in an age of political theatre – a collective adrenaline rush that has enabled him to not only move masses of people into his camp but also masses of people away from ours. It does not serve us to underestimate the historic nature of what he has achieved.”
Due to the “psychological and emotional dimensions of Trump’s appeal,” William said Democrats need to “create the energy to counter it.”
“That’s why I have decided to run for DNC Chair this year,” she announced. “Running for the Democratic nomination for President twice, I have traveled extensively throughout this country speaking with voters. I’ve witnessed up close the fraying bonds of affection between the party and the working people of the United States; I met many who had been traditional Democratic voters yet had lost hope that the party had their back. In the 2024 election, throughout my campaign I warned of a coming electoral disaster if Democrats did not listen more deeply to the pain of people throughout America.”
Williamson pledged to “reinvent the party from the inside out.”
“As DNC Chair, I will not just have a 50-state strategy; I will have a 365 days-of- the-year strategy. We will create ways for the American people to be involved in the political process not only when there’s an election, but all the time. People will know not only what Trump might be doing that transgresses our values, but what Democrats are doing – all around the country – to promote them!”
She added that Democrats “won’t just fight; we will inspire.” The Democratic Party will further “create a surge of patriotic fervor, and a connectedness of the American heart to the great historical legacy of this country.”
The chairmanship election is scheduled for February 1, 2025.
