China News Service, February 24. According to the US "Capitol Hill" report, on the 23rd local time, the progressive Democrat Marianna Williamson, who participated in the 2020 presidential election, revealed in an interview with the media that she will participate in the 2024 presidential election. The Democratic presidential nomination campaign.
At present, Biden has not announced his re-election bid, but he is expected to announce soon, and Williamson is likely to be the first person in the Democratic Party to challenge Biden.
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She wants to challenge Biden?
"I wouldn't be running for president if I didn't believe I could contribute to a collective cause, which I think is our best hope right now," Williamson said in an exclusive interview with Northwestern's Medill News Service.
According to Fox News, Williamson had previously said: "We are grateful for everything Biden has done, including defeating the Republicans in 2020, but now is the time to look forward."
"A lot of us, myself included, feel that for the Democrats to win in 2024, we have to be able to deliver more than what Biden promised," Williamson continued.
The news comes as Biden has yet to formally announce his re-election bid, but sources say Biden is expected to do so.
Williamson is likely to become the first Democrat to challenge the 80-year-old president nationally.
At present, opinion polls show that some Democrats do not support Biden's re-election bid.
A new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that only 37% of Democrats support Biden's re-election.
two-time bestselling author
Williamson, 70, is a best-selling author and known as a "spiritual thought leader."
This will be her second planned run for president of the United States.
In the 2020 race, Williamson is an unconventional contender.
She highlighted "six pillars of a period of moral restoration," including economic justice.
She proposed the creation of a Ministry of Children and Youth and a Ministry of Peace, and she pushed for reparations for descendants of African-American slaves.
However, she failed to qualify for most of the Democratic presidential debates due to fundraising difficulties.
Williamson withdrew from the race in January 2020.
In late February 2020, she switched to supporting Sanders' campaign.
Williamson has previously said she will make "an important announcement" on March 4 in Washington, D.C., which is presumed to be a 2024 presidential bid.
On the other hand, in the Republican Party, there have also been people who challenge Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
On February 14, Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the United Nations and former governor of South Carolina, also officially announced that she will participate in the 2024 US presidential election.
According to media analysis, these phenomena reflect an increasingly strong view within the two parties that both the Democratic Biden and the Republican Trump are "too old."
In 2024, Trump will be 78 years old, while Biden will be 82 years old.