The bestselling self-help author and Democratic nominee may have generated much hilarity. But if 2016 taught us anything, it’s that a joke can win an election
Marianne Williamson has long been a household name – if you live in the sort of household that collects healing crystals. The bestselling self-help author has been described as a “spiritual legend” by Gwyneth Paltrow and is adored by Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kardashian West. Having become a superstar in the world of woo, Williamson recently decided to take the next logical career step and run for president of the United States. Her January announcement generated a number of bemused headlines; however, Williamson’s candidacy only really became a mainstream talking point after last Thursday’s Democratic debates, when the 66-year-old announced she would “harness love” to defeat Donald Trump.
How exactly does one “harness love”? Williamson, who speaks in a beguiling mid-Atlantic accent that makes her sound as if she has walked straight off the set of a Cary Grant movie, was sort of fuzzy on the details. She was rather more clear, however, on the first thing she would do as president: Williamson said that she would call Jacinda Ardern and tell the New Zealand prime minister: “Girlfriend, you’re so on.” (This was in relation to Ardern saying her goal is to make New Zealand the best place in the world for a kid to grow up.)
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