Marianne Williamson

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Author and former Democratic candidate Marianne Williamson called it a "coup" that former candidates threw their support behind former Vice President Joe Biden.

In a since-deleted tweet, Williamson also went after pundits calling Biden's campaign a "resurrection."

She endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders in February and has been campaigning on his behalf at some events.

After performing poorly in Iowa and New Hampshire, Biden dominated South Carolina. Shortly after, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg dropped out and decided to endorse Biden.

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, who also ran for the Democratic nomination, additionally threw his support behind the former vice president Tuesday night.


Biden went on to win many Super Tuesday states, trouncing Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in some areas he had won in 2016.

Williamson continued that rather than a resurrection, Biden's surge Tuesday night "was a coup. Russiagate was not a coup. Mueller was not a coup. Impeachment was not a coup."

"What happened yesterday was a coup," Williamson said, alluding to the wave of endorsements from the former candidates. "And we will push back."

She pushed out an additional tweet Tuesday night that the moderates did not "organically" fall "into place behind Biden today."

"What happened was the result of a strategized, orchestrated plan to block someone deemed inconvenient to the political establishment," she continued.

Williamson, who ran a nontraditional campaign focused on the power of love and positivity, officially ended her White House bid in January, saying then: "The primaries might be tightly contested among the top contenders, and I don't want to get in the way of a progressive candidate winning any of them."

Andrew Bates, Biden's director of rapid response, tweeted an article of August 2019 article of Williamson's comments that were seen as anti-vaccine.


Williamson had vigorously defended herself surrounding the criticism of these past comments.

"I never should have said that and I'm sorry about saying that," Williamson said on The Daily Show in August about her use of the words "Orwellian" and "Draconian." "I'm not anti-vax...I've never told anyone to get off their meds."

Williamson tweeted Monday night following the endorsements: "Pete and Amy both endorsing Biden tonight. They must've read 'Art of the Deal' :)," a dig at President Donald Trump's infamous book.