Is There a New Prayer for America?

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Marion Williamson is a Democratic primary candidate for president. She spoke about how psychic powers of light could overcome the evil she says has taken hold of America. Underneath her quotes and self-help mantras was something I found quite compelling, a faith that a spiritual revival of some sort could reinvigorate American politics. The word they use is non-serious. They say you're a non-serious candidate. Which feels fairly, saluted.

Marianne Williamson, the bestselling self-help author and former Democratic primary candidate, is back in the race to become US President. She is due to announce officially tomorrow, which will make her the first Democrat to put their name in the ring for 2024, before even Joe Biden. In 2020, Williamson (a total political unknown at the time) vied for the progressive vote, but lost out to the better-known Senator Bernie Sanders. Yet since then she has grown a loyal following of young voters who call themselves the ‘Orb Gang’ in reference to her New Age spiritualism. Can a new generation of American voters take her to the White House? UnHerd's Flo Read spoke to her from the UnHerd studio to find out.

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