Democratic candidate Marianne Williamson calls for open convention: 'We will win'
Democratic candidate Marianne Williamson calls for open convention: 'We will win'
Williamson's statement: https://youtu.be/vG5IPhBEk8c
She has zero political experience, biggest claim is being attached to Oprah, and several claims of toxic environment which led to her campaign manager leaving. She doesn't have a good poll turnout. Zero chance.
several claims of toxic environment which led to her campaign manager leaving
They say that about every female politician, including Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, and Kamala Harris.
Heaven forbid that a woman raise her voice sometimes.
Who?
Nutso Russian plant
I'm just waiting for Jill Stein and Tulsi Gabbard to quickly switch parties, too.
Also, fuck Joe Manchin.
She’s running in a Democratic primary. It’s not possible for her to take votes away from the Democrats.
Non Zionist Democrat that Democrats have been trying to get off the ballot.
In case anyone needs a refresher on Marianne Williamson:
Marianne, you got tarred as a nutjob in 2020. That's not going away, no matter how unfair it may be.
I love how up until yesterday, they posted about every poll like it was decree, and today, polls be damned, Oprah's spiritual advisor needs a shot.
Honestly though, I do hope it's an open convention, even though Harris looks like she's got backing from all angles.
"Democratic" candidate
It is a longshot.
This just in... Delusional candidate is... still delusional.
The only candidacy that could be stopped by medication in the correct doses.
Unless there's a plan to hold fifty primary votes between Harris and Williamson and anyone else in the next few weeks, pass. I think Marianne would make a great president, but I don't like party nominees being chosen by delegates at the convention at the last second, it's not democratic.
Of course, there is a lot about the last three Democratic primaries that weren't democratic, but at this point that's a problem for 2028.
e; actually, it's probably a problem for 2026
There needs to be an open convention. NO one voted for Harris as President, assuming the job is hers is usurping the democratic election process. I could have sworn we were told we need to elect a democrat to preserve democracy
The party candidate selection process has nothing to do with Democracy.
The parties themselves have nothing to do with democracy. There's nothing in the constitution about Democrats or Republicans, or their parties.
All the parties are is a group of people that agree to put one name forward for their candidate. How they choose the candidate is entirely up to them, it didn't used to be done via state wide primaries, it used to just be a bunch of old dudes at a convention picking someone.
The democracy part is that anyone is allowed to put their name on the ballot for president if they meet the basic criteria, usually a minimum number of voter signatures and a filing fee. This is done for each state they want their name to be on the ballot for.
I mean, that's not entirely true: the Democrats and Republicans have privileged positions with regards to ballot access, debate planning, etc.
If the parties were truly private organizations, there would be no such thing as primaries, let alone ones administered by the state government on their behalf.
That's not to say I agree with the disinformation trolls, though: right now is very much not the time to bitch about the system because that only serves to help the fascists.
You are legally correct, and morally wrong. If we had ranked choice voting it would be an entirely different situation.
As long as we are trapped in a two party system this is entirely unacceptable and frankly just cause for revolution.
I find it both hilarious and infuriating how supporters of the Democratic establishment make this argument when it suits them, then turn around and chastise third party voters. If our only real choice is to vote for one party or the other, then we either have control over who gets nominated or we live in a thinly veiled oligarchy.
The thing is, she's as close as you can get to an elected candidate in this circumstance. An "open" convention doesn't mean everyone gets to vote, it means the relatively smaller set of die hard party members get to ignore their primary voters and decide what they want to do.
The only presidential candidate that won the votes was Biden. He then chose Harris as a running mate, which meant the general population voted for her to be the president if a man in his 80s has to step down.
Yes might have been better for him to have stepped aside before the primaries, but he we are, with the VP being the only choice people plausibly got to vote on.
We literally did vote for Harris to be president. That's the main job of the vice president.
You miss the part where many democrats are so terrified of the image that has been painted of Trump that they would vote for a resurrected Hitler if they were told he was wearing a blue button.
Democrats didn't paint that image. Trump did.
When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
With one hand your ignorance can cover the sky. How impressive! Now talk to me about EMTALA, or Griswold, or Obergefell—and we're not even touching the thrilling possibilities of executive action. People who are paying attention (and aren't straight white men devoid of empathy) are taking this seriously. Maybe you should investigate why.
Kamala Harris is getting support from every major Democratic constituency — from progressives like Sen. Elizabeth Warren to establishment types like Hillary Clinton to moderates like Rep. Josh Gottheimer. There is no real opening for a rival.
Very democratic.
Matter of fact it is very democratic. It's called a coalition of members. Performative whining doesn't matter.
The convention will be open, none of the delegates are obligated to anyone anymore. Marianne Williamson just won't get any of them because her campaign has been a joke from start to finish.
It's as close as they can get under the circumstances.
In 2020, they picked Biden and by extension his choice in running mate during primaries. In the general election, people voted for Biden with Harris. If Harris was an unacceptable "almost president", the voters had chances during the general election in 2020 and again in the 2024 primaries.
The democratic approach formally declares that Biden gets to pick the president, and he picks Harris.
Love how your truth gets dogpiled.