Template:Did you know nominations/Marianne Williamson 2020 presidential campaign


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:44, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Marianne Williamson 2020 presidential campaign

 * ... that Marianne Williamson (pictured), "Oprah's spiritual adviser", is running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020? Source:  – "Author, spiritual teacher and Oprah Winfrey confidant Marianne Williamson formally announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president in Los Angeles on Jan. 28." An earlier citation –  – adds that "Williamson appeared many times on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," and was often called Oprah's spiritual adviser".
 * ALT1:... that author and spiritual leader Marianne Williamson (pictured) was the first candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries to propose a reparations plan for black Americans? Source:  – "Only one 2020 candidate has laid out a reparations plan with specifics: Marianne Williamson, the best-selling author and self-described “spiritual teacher.” Since the start of her long-shot campaign, Ms. Williamson has called for $100 billion in reparations for black Americans — far more than any other Democrat, but substantially less than what scholars have said would be necessary." See the earlier Axios reference for her description as a "spiritual leader" ("Spiritual leader, author and activist").
 * ALT2:... that Marianne Williamson (pictured), a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, called for $100 billion in reparations for black Americans? Source:  – "Has proposed $100 billion in reparations for slavery, with $10 billion to be distributed annually over a decade for economic and education projects."
 * Reviewed: Tom Cade
 * Comment: I personally think the main hook on its own is already interesting, since it's probably news to a lot of people, but I also find both alt hooks interesting – perhaps with a slight preference for alt1 over alt2.

Converted from a redirect by Mélencron (talk). Self-nominated at 00:51, 2 March 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues (though the "Policies" section is highlighted by Earwig, I think the other site has copied Wikipedia). The image does not appear in the article and is therefore ineligible for use. Approving ALT0 and ALT2, but not ALT1 because a "first" type claim is always a bit risky. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:50, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Bumping this to indicate my preference for changing "black Americans" to "slavery" in ALT2 to more closely match the source content. Mélencron (talk) 19:20, 3 April 2019 (UTC)