Williamson said that her lack of elective office experience does not disqualify her from being president. She implies that not having held office before is, in part, what makes her uniquely qualified. She stated that the belief that only experienced politicians can lead the U.S. is "preposterous", arguing that experienced politicians led the U.S. into unfounded wars, extreme income inequality and environmental harm. She has called for her expertise in empathy, differentiated thinking, and political vision to be valued on par with elected experience and cited President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 statement that "The Presidency is not merely an administrative office. That's the least of it... It is preeminently a place of moral leadership":