Marianne Williamson loses top two campaign officials in a matter of days

Democrat Marianne Williamson’s long-shot presidential campaign saw dueling resignations over the weekend. The political candidate’s top two campaign officials resigned back-to-back.

Former deputy campaign manager Jason Call told Politico that he resigned on Friday, just one day before campaign manager Peter Daou announced his resignation on Twitter.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TIM SCOTT AHEAD OF HIS BIG 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT

A Williamson campaign staffer familiar with the matter, speaking on a condition of anonymity to the news outlet, said that the resignations were due to the two disagreeing with the progressive direction the campaign was taking.

However, Daou vehemently disputed this narrative, announcing on Monday that he had departed in order to best care for his sick mother. Call blasted the description as well, but declined to give his reason for departing, citing a non-disclosure agreement he had signed with the Williamson campaign.

Meg Kinnard/AP

“The campaign is just moving in a different direction,” the staffer told Politico. They added that Daou “comes from a background of what you would call traditional Democratic politics, and Marianne is looking for something a bit more innovative.”

Daou called the statement “absurd” and “laughable.”

“This article contains an anonymous quote that is categorically false and absurd on its face,” he tweeted. “My mother is ailing and I’ve been helping care for her. The idea that a Democratic campaign is to the left of me (or [Call]) is laughable.”

He went on to release a dual statement with the Williamson campaign reaffirming his progressive credentials and praising the work of the campaign.

“Peter Daou joined the campaign as interim campaign manager in mid-April. His leadership, integrity, and political skill were instrumental in moving the campaign forward. As Peter explains, ‘urgent family obligations made it very difficult for me to continue in my role, but I believe deeply in the campaign’s platform, which is the strongest and most transformational of this election. I wish Marianne and the team well as they promote crucial issues like universal health care, climate action, and reparations.'”

Call, on the other hand, appeared to leave the campaign far less amicably. The Washington Green Party House candidate expressed his anger over the quote from the staffer, denying it categorically.

“The statement in this Politico article by an anonymous staffer that Peter and I left because the campaign leaned into a more progressive direction are categorically false and frankly impinges on my history as a lifelong progressive activist,” he tweeted. “I’m fuming.”

Call hinted at displeasure with the staff or conduct of the Williamson campaign as being the reason for his departure in a cryptic tweet, though he declined to elaborate due to his NDA.

“The staffer is lying,” Call tweeted. “Which could potentially. Hypothetically. In a very not breaking an NDA way on my part. Provide some insight into why I left.”

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

He also clarified that he did not leave due to the competing obligation of running for Congress.

With the overwhelming majority of the Democratic Party backing Biden’s reelection efforts, Williamson’s campaign is seen as a long shot. An April Fox News poll had her polling at just 9% among Democratic primary voters, compared to Biden’s 62%.