Introducing Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson Sunday night at Peterborough Town Library, state Rep. Jonah Wheeler of Peterborough said he became a supporter after meeting her at an event in Peterborough last October and that he admires Williamson’s “message of love.”

“This moment is a catalyst, and we have a choice. We can choose what looks like it could  be a fascist empire, or we can choose democracy,” Wheeler said. 

Wheeler also expressed frustration with the Democratic National Committee’s statement that the New Hampshire primary is “meaningless,” as the party is not awarding delegates due to Tuesday’s primary being held before the Feb. 3 South Carolina primary, which the DNC chose to go first during this cycle.

Williamson, an author and spiritual adviser, spoke to about 60 people. She began by recounting the creation of the Constitution and the goals of the founders of the nation.

“Since the moment our nation was founded, there has been duality; there was a great darkness withing the light. Here were 56 people signing the Bill of Rights and writing the Constitution, and 41 of them owned other human beings. There  have always been, in every generation, people who have intention of following the ideals of democracy. Today it is our turn to fight for our democratic principles. Corporate profits now supersede the rights of American people,” Williamson said. “And those corporations own Washington. The only way to change it is to wage a political revolution at the ballot box.”  

Williams outlined her goals, including rebuilding the American middle class, creating universal health care, ending the “war on drugs” and supporting people in recovery, providing education and opportunity for women, children and low-income people and founding a Department of Peace to work alongside the Department of Defense. 

“Probably the greatest example of functioning American democracy is right here, in New Hampshire,” Williamson said.