General consensus is that last night's portion of the two-night Democratic primary debate was won by California senator Kamala Harris, who kept her composure on the sometimes chaotic debate stage filled with ten candidates, and fiercely confronted frontrunner and former Vice President Joe Biden about his past legislative decisions.
Marianne Williamson meanwhile, won Twitter. Especially the platform's meme race. Self-help guru and A Course in Miracles author Williamson, a longshot candidate from California who hasn't held public office, was in her own special debate arena, talking about New Zealand and love and healthcare and going, in the words of Jezebel, "full Goop."
Williamson's new age-tinged platform of confidence, love and having the right attitude spawned all kinds of memes, mostly people trying to sum of her ineffable Marianne-ness by describing her energy. Is she the delusional diva-like Jenna Maroney of 30 Rock or Frasier Crane's win-at-al-costs agent Bebe? Here are a few of our favorites:
Marianne Williamson calling New Zealand to talk about harnessing love: pic.twitter.com/T2mYjc94WL
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) June 28, 2019
Marianne Williamson has chaotic recurring Frasier character energy
— alex (@alex_abads) June 28, 2019
Marianne Williamson giving off Big Kristen Wiig As Liza Minnelli Tries to Turn Off a Lamp Energy tonight
— Slade (@Slade) June 28, 2019
Marianne Williamson bringing the ‘Joan Baez backstage concert footage from 1968’ energy and I am absolutely here for it.
— kang? (@jaycaspiankang) June 28, 2019
marianne williamson has Big Judy Garland Energy
— marisa kabas (@MarisaKabas) June 28, 2019
marianne williamson has absolutely enormous jenna maroney energy
— Andrea Long Chu (@theorygurl) June 28, 2019
Marianne Williamson bringing powerful divorced aunt energy
— The Give Smart Guy (@BobbyBigWheel) June 28, 2019
marianne williamson has the same energy as a live laugh love wall vinyl from homegoods
— ? (@natvandong) June 28, 2019
Just when you think Twitter couldn't be more obsessed with her, everyone realized that Ms. Williamson used to share an apartment with the one and only Laura Dern. So, guess that settles that in terms of who gets to play her in the movie.
laura dern and marianne williamson were roommates!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/rutrhY1Wfa
— corbin dewitt (@corbin_dewitt) June 28, 2019
And the hits keep on coming! Much like deep-voiced Elizabeth Holmes launched a thousand impressions earlier this year, spacey-eyed Marianne Williamson is quickly becoming the character of the summer:
Kate McKinnon debuted her Marianne Williamson impression and it’s perfect. pic.twitter.com/sZszirxdJe
— Late Night with Seth Meyers (@LateNightSeth) June 28, 2019
Quick recap on Marianne Williamson for those who still don't know her #DemDebate2 pic.twitter.com/b14XhHYXwa
— Hannah Solow (@hamstertalk) June 28, 2019
Of course, the only person who can truly capture the spirit of Marianne IS Marianne, from her old tweets, which are…pure gold!
If you want a simple explanation for what's happening in America, watch AVATAR again.
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) October 26, 2017
AMAZING OLD TWEETS BY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARIANNE WILLIAMSON: A THREAD
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) June 28, 2019
Most of the focus in on her closing statement from the debate, which focused less on plans or policy and more on, well, thoughts and prayers. And psyches and harnessing energies. Her thesis, essentially, is that the way to defeat President Trump is through feelings, not facts. This is, for better or worse, probably pretty true.
Still thinking about how Marianne Williamson closed out the Democratic debate? So are we. pic.twitter.com/CFBsyuFv6G
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 28, 2019
It's not like Trump was big on plans, except the border wall and the space force, neither or which are happening. And honestly, Williamson could make the space force a thing if she tried. She could also probably be the governor of California if she tried. In conclusion:
Stage 1: Did you hear Marianne Williamson in the debate last night? LOL!
Stage 2: Did you see her on Fallon? She's wacky but she's not boring!
Stage 3: Wow, she stuck around longer than I thought! Crazy!
Stage 4: I have reservations about President Williamson's crystal tariffs
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) June 28, 2019
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