Marianne Williamson

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Marianne Williamson responds to Politico article alleging abuse ... (BBC News)

2024 Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson has responded to allegations that she was verbally and emotionally abusive toward staff during ...

"Paul's trying to make his way back into some perch in the Democratic establishment," Ms Williamson told Americast when asked for a response. "It's so obvious to anyone on the inside. "I'm not running for sainthood here," she continued. Ms Williamson qualified for the first two Democratic presidential debates in 2019. Ms Williamson announced that she would seek the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination two weeks ago. "If I can be a bitch at the office at times, I don't think anybody's happy about that," she said, "but I think anybody reading that can measure that against what is normal in politics."

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Marianne Williamson's 'abusive' treatment of 2020 campaign staff ... (Politico)

The self-help guru, who is running for president again, was emotionally and verbally abusive to staff, according to interviews with former employees.

Others said they thought that there was room in the race for a dark horse candidate to push people, including Biden, on topics such as reparations. At one point in 2019, she suggested monitoring staffers’ phones, according to one of them, but never followed through with the idea. I would never be physically hurtful to a person.” She also acknowledged that there was an occasion when she raised her voice in a hotel room and someone came to see what was happening. In one instance, Williamson got so angry about the logistics of a campaign trip to South Carolina that she felt was poorly planned that she pounded a car door until her hand started to swell, according to four former staffers. In a resignation email sent to Williamson on Aug. But she did acknowledge that she went to urgent care after getting upset and hitting her hand on a car door, but said a “car door is not a person. But they also stressed that Williamson’s behavior was beyond the boundaries of acceptable regardless of her gender. She berated staffers for seemingly inconsequential things, like if they booked a hotel room that had a walk-in shower and not a bathtub, they said. Although Williamson has little shot at defeating President Joe Biden in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary, they said they were motivated to come forward now to warn people who were considering working on her campaign about her treatment of staff. “It would be foaming, spitting, uncontrollable rage,” said a former staffer, who, like most people that spoke with POLITICO, was granted anonymity because of their concern about being sued for breaking non-disclosure agreements. Her outbursts could be so loud that two former aides recounted at least four occasions when hotel staff knocked on her door to check on the situation. Those interviewed say the best-selling author and spiritual adviser subjected her employees to unpredictable, explosive episodes of anger.

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Candidate Marianne Williamson hit by claims of 'foaming, spitting rage' (The Guardian)

Ex-staffers of self-help author seeking Democratic nomination report 'uncontrollable' fury at odds with message of love.

Williamson called the descriptions “slanderous” and “categorically untrue”. Others said they thought that there was room in the race for a dark horse candidate to push people, including Biden, on topics such as reparations. And the experience, in the end, was terrifying.” It wasn’t that she was having a bad day or moment. “This was day after day after day. In one incident, four former staffers said, Williamson became so enraged about a poorly planned swing through South Carolina she repeatedly punched a car door.

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Marianne Williamson prone to angry fits, threw phone at staff: report (New York Post)

Longshot Democratic presidential candidate and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson was prone to fits of physical rage and verbally abusive outbursts at aides ...

“For 30 years I have had zero-tolerance for bullying in the workplace, and that has to include the principle.” “I did go out on a limb for you, but more importantly I had no idea that you would’ve seen me that way,” Williamson responded at the time. “I cannot in good faith subject any future campaign hires to this kind of vitriol,” he wrote in the Aug. “I find it hard to believe that people in politics have never raised their voice before.” Most famously, Klobuchar reportedly ate salad with a hair comb in 2008 after an aide forgot to bring her a plastic fork. But the amplification of outright lies should not occur.” I would never be physically hurtful to a person,” she said. “This was day after day after day. “It was traumatic. It wasn’t that she was having a bad day or moment. “This Presidential Campaign expects concerted efforts to dismiss and denigrate us. “It would be foaming, spitting, uncontrollable rage,” one ex-aide told the outlet.

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Marianne Williamson 2020 campaign staffers allege abusive ... (Fox News)

Two-time Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, who's primary challenging President Biden, denies allegations of abuse from former staffers ...

But she did acknowledge that she had gone to urgent care after getting upset and hitting her hand on a car door but said that "a car door is not a person. [IN FOX NEWS INTERVIEW, WILLIAMSON BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR ‘MOCKING’ HER CHALLENGE AGAINST BIDEN](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marianne-williamson-blasts-democrats-mocking-her-run-against-biden-trying-to-suppress-my-voice) They said Williamson could be cruel and demeaning to her staff and that her behavior went far beyond the typical stress of a grueling presidential cycle." "It’s really important to have leadership that is calm under pressure. But the amplification of outright lies should not occur." "It’s important that we have a president with the right temperament," he emphasized.

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Marianne Williamson pushes back on report she's abusive, calling it ... (Daily Mail)

Marianne Williamson denies report of terrifying former staffers with her mercurial temper. The Democratic presidential candidate says the POLITICO story is ...

But Williamson has faced past allegations that she has a terrible temper. She markets her A Course in Miracles as a way to achieve inner peace. Her early spiritual work was counseling dying AIDS patients when the disease was at its height and poorly understood, leading to shunning and isolation for those suffering from it. She had gone through two campaign managers and dozens of staff in her short candidacy. And the experience, in the end, was terrifying.' From proprietorial material to strategic planning, there is always a working legal framework for campaign communications.' A dozen former staffers said she was 'cruel, demeaning and lacked compassion' - including firing a staffer with breast cancer. I would never be physically hurtful to a person.' If 10% of it is true, then I want to correct that within myself and within my behavior. I think anytime that somebody criticizes you, you always have to ask yourself, is any of it true? These are the hits that they make. These are the dirty tricks that mean you're rattling someone.

Former staffers accuse presidential candidate Marianne Williamson ... (Yahoo News)

Presidential longshot Marianne Williamson responded to a “hit job” story claiming she's abusive to staffers by denying some claims while confessing she's ...

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Marianne Williamson calls claims she abused staff a 'distraction ... (The Guardian)

Self-help guru and Democratic presidential candidate says: 'If I can be a bitch at the office at times, I don't think anybody's happy about that'

But the campaign added, “the amplification of outright lies should not occur”. They’re very overt about it.” They’re not even covert about their swaying the primary season.

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The Perfect Irony of Marianne Williamson's Anti-Anger Audiobook (Slate Magazine)

The self-proclaimed "bitch for God" has an anti-anger audiobook, but does she know how to use it?

Is it possible these are the words of a rageaholic admitting that her anger is a problem? Katie Porter](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2023/01/13/katie-porters-bad-boss-problem-00077874) for reference.) Still, this doesn’t excuse bad behavior, and the sources Politico spoke to said Williamson’s actions were unacceptable regardless. Amy Klobuchar](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/us/politics/amy-klobuchar-staff.html) and [Rep. Don’t tell her I said that, though—the last thing I want to do is get on her bad side. The cassette is out of print, but its Amazon reviews offer a flavor of its content: “I am not sure how to rate this tape since the sound on it is very bad I keep hearing an echo on it marianne’s voice on top of marianne’s voice,” one listener wrote. (Angry appears 42 times.) She sometimes describes herself as someone who used to be quite angry, actually: “It amuses me to think how angry I used to get when people wouldn’t sign my peace petitions,” she wrote. The outlet spoke to 12 people who worked for Williamson’s 2020 campaign, and they described someone prone to “unpredictable, explosive episodes of anger” that reportedly went “far beyond the typical stress of a grueling presidential cycle.” “As always, Marianne takes a difficult spiritual topic such as anger and makes things simple and uplifting,” one reads. I am going to harness love for political purposes, and sir, love will win.” [One of her signature campaign promises](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/458049-williamson-unveils-plan-to-create-cabinet-level-department-of-peace/) was even to create a Department of Peace. She has a cassette audiobook all about it: [Marianne Williamson on Dealing With Anger](https://www.amazon.com/Marianne-Williamson-Dealing-Anger/dp/1559947136). [addressed then-President Trump](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/marianne-williamson-democratic-debate-bizarre-charm.html) by saying, “Mr. Williamson disputed the report and several details within it, but whispers of angry behavior have followed her around for decades.

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Marianne Williamson charges report alleging abusive behavior ... (Fox News)

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson claims that a report that she verbally abused campaign staffers during her 2020 White House run is a ...

And pointing to the Democrats, she said: "How can a party claim to be champion of democracy if anything about its initial process is the suppression of that democracy? And on Thursday, she reiterated her criticism, arguing on her Fox News Channel interview that "this is what they do. And make no doubt about it, mocking me, deriding me, smearing me, is a way of trying to suppress my voice." She proposed creating a Department of Children and Youths and a Department of Peace, and she pushed for reparations for the descendants of African-American slaves. If ten percent of it is true, then I want to correct that within myself and within my behavior," she added. But I also know that this is a hit piece." But my hope is that people are not buying it as easily as they did last time." "I think any time that somebody criticizes you, you always have to ask yourself, is any of it true? But Williamson charged "that kind of mockery is purposeful. "It’s really important to have leadership that is calm under pressure. Williamson has had a very successful career encouraging people to spotlight the power of love and the importance of forgiveness. But according to a report published Thursday, a dozen people who worked with Williamson on her 2020 presidential campaign say she "subjected her employees to unpredictable, explosive episodes of anger.

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