Bestselling author and presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson slammed the Democratic National Committee on Monday for throwing its full support behind President Joe Biden's reelection bid.
Williamson claimed the decision to eliminate debates among the Democratic candidates for the White House was not "good for democracy" and asserted that voters needed to hear from all candidates before deciding who to elect.
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"I don’t think it’s good for democracy. I think it’s very important that the Democratic electorate get a chance to weigh in," Williamson told Fox News on Monday. "I look at the campaign season as a long job interview process, and the voters should have a chance to interview all of the candidates for the job, and that does include the president."
Williamson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, are competing in long-shot bids to unseat Biden for the party's nomination. Williamson is currently pulling in between 5%-10% of the vote, with Kennedy pulling in approximately 15% of the Democratic vote. The rest goes to Biden.
The DNC voted in February to support Biden's bid for reelection fully by, among other things, eliminating any debates among his challengers. Although the move was slammed by Williamson, it is not uncommon for a party to support its commander in chief's reelection through a lack of debate. When former President Donald Trump was in power, the Republican National Committee did not host any debates during his reelection campaign.
"I do think they should recognize that people are watching. And people don’t like this," Williamson said. "It’s kind of outrageous how overt they are about absolutely admitting that they are doing what they can in the primary season to support the president."
"It’s just against democratic principle. Those of us that are running should be heard. And it’s not even just what we deserve, those of us that are running. It’s what the people deserve. It’s what the voters deserve," she added.
Williamson's strongest chance to gain momentum in the primaries focuses on the two early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, which Biden might elect not to compete in. The Democratic Party shook up the primary schedule earlier this year when it rearranged the voting schedule for the primaries. Iowa and New Hampshire's primary dates are delayed as a result, but the Democratic parties in both states could choose to disobey and host their primaries as normal.
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New Hampshire in particular is likely to keep its original schedule because a state law requires the state to hold its elections a week before the rest of the country. The state is expected to face repercussions for its primaries, but it is not clear what the repercussions would be.
If the state does obey the DNC and changes its primary date, the Democratic primary in New Hampshire will occur on Feb. 13, 2024, alongside Nevada's.