In case you missed the announcement over the weekend, Marianne Williamson (who?!) said that she will once again seek the Democratic presidential nomination after getting humiliated by her poor showing in the 2020 Democratic race for the White House.
Williamson, a former “spiritual adviser” to Oprah Winfrey (how’s that for credentials?) had this to say when she announced her candidacy:
“There are people in this town who have the solutions. There are people all over this country who have the solutions, but the people who are in power do not have the solutions or do not deeply support the solutions and people who do have the solutions do not have the power. Once again, let the people get in there, we’ll handle it from here.”
That led members of the White House Press corps to ask press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre if the administration was upset Williamson decided to run instead of giving President Joe Biden a clear field in 2024.
Jean-Pierre’s response was so brilliantly snarky and mocking that just reading it may make you laugh.
“We’re just not tracking that. If I had a, what’s it called? A little globe here, a crystal ball, then I can tell you, a Magic 8 Ball, whatever. If I could feel her aura, I just don’t have anything to share on that.”
That sent the White House press corps into hysterics. There was loud laughter in the briefing room that Williamson probably heard all the way to her home in Beverly Hills.
Williamson also noted during her announcement that she understands no one thinks she has a chance in hell of winning.
“I have run for president before. I am not naïve about these forces which have no intention of allowing anyone into this conversation who does not align with their predetermined agenda,” she said. “I understand that, in their mind, only people who previously have been entrenched in the car that brought us into this ditch can possibly be considered qualified to bring us out of it.”
