Author and activist Marianne Williamson has announced a bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, joining a crowded field of candidates.
Williamson, who launched her campaign at an event in Los Angeles late Monday, called on voters to have a “meaningful conversation” about potential political solutions and described the current national discourse as “shallow.”
“I want to engage voters in a more meaningful conversation about America,” she said in a statement.
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“About our history, about how each of us fit into it, and how to create a sustainable future,” she continued. “Our national challenges are deep, but our political conversation is shallow. My campaign is for people who want to dig deeper into the questions we face as a nation, and deeper into finding the answers.”
Williamson, who wrote the 1992 best-seller “A Return To Love,” did not directly address President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE in her first video advertisement on Twitter Tuesday morning, saying her campaign was about more than “defeating a candidate here or defeating a candidate there.”
“They have so many lined up behind any that we might defeat. In order to override the real assaults … we need to do more than fight,” she said.
We have to fall in love again with what this country can mean. https://t.co/esuOA4ILj0 #marianne2020 pic.twitter.com/QqgKmR22uq
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A campaign website, launched for Williamson when she announced her exploratory committee last year, does not yet list policy issues the author plans to support.
Sens. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (Calif.), Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (Mass.) and Kirsten GillibrandKirsten GillibrandWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Warren, Pressley introduce bill to make it a crime for police officers to deny medical care to people in custody Senate Dems press DOJ over coronavirus safety precautions in juvenile detention centers MORE (N.Y.) are among the Democrats who have either announced they are running in 2020 or formed exploratory committees.