Democratic presidential candidate, author Marianne Williamson addresses the audience at the Environmental Justice Presidential Candidate Forum at South Carolina State University on November 8, 2019 in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
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Self-help guru Marianne Williamson has laid off her entire presidential campaign staff, NBC News reported Thursday.
Williamson’s former campaign manager Patricia Ewing and former New Hampshire state director Paul Hodes confirmed the layoffs, first reported by WMUR, to NBC.
WMUR reported that the Williamson campaign — which at its height boasted 45 staff members in four states — has had no staffers since Tuesday.
Financial issues forced the layoffs, sources told WMUR.
Hodes told a CBS News reporter Thursday that Williamson has no plans to drop out of the Democratic primary race, and will continue to campaign without staff.
The report of layoffs at the Williamson campaign came just hours after former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro announced that he would end his White House bid.
Williamson is among the least popular candidates in the Democratic field, according to the polls.
But she has at times drawn outsize attention along the campaign trail — notably in the first primary debate in June, when she vowed that her first presidential act would be to tell New Zealand’s prime minister that “Girlfriend, you are so on.”
Williamson’s unorthodox rhetoric, steeped in more “spiritual” language than most of her competitors, quickly set her apart from the rest of the field, even if her style points haven’t translated into higher poll numbers.
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