Marianne Williamson calls Trump a 'sociopathic demagogue': 'We need to treat this very seriously'

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson said President Trump’s tweets attacking Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings and the city of Baltimore are “the work of a serious sociopathic demagogue.”

“This is beyond racism,” Ms. Williamson, a New York Times bestselling author, told MSNBC’s Alex Witt on Sunday. “This is beyond just weaponizing tweets. This is the work of a serious sociopathic demagogue.”

Ms. Williamson was reacting to controversial tweets by Mr. Trump over the weekend that claimed Mr. Cummings’ 7th Congressional District is “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.”

Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous. His district is considered the Worst in the USA……

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019

….As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019

Ms. Williamson, who is polling at 0.3% nationally, said Americans need to “be very careful and know what this is” when it comes to Mr. Trump’s rhetoric.

“What this man does is he makes warning shots,” she said. “‘You in any way mess with me,’ he says, ‘I’m coming after you.’ That’s why so many Republicans will not take him on. That’s why so many Republicans chose not to even run again.”