Michigan residents were left wanting to know more about Marianne Williamson after the first Democratic debate of the 2020 presidential cycle.

The author, spiritualist and self-help guru was the most searched candidate in Michigan after the event ended, according to Google Trends. It could be due to Williamson’s Michigan connection -- she briefly lived in Grosse Pointe Farms while leading a non-denominational Warren megachurch from 1997 until 2002 -- but Google searches for the eclectic candidate spiked every time she spoke onstage.

Williamson was the most searched candidate during the second debate Thursday, according to Google Trends, outpacing a former vice president and several members of Congress.

She was a relative unknown before the debates, polling at an average of 0%, but searches for Williamson surged around the halfway mark of the debate, and had a big spike when she interjected to criticize other candidates for focusing too much on policy proposals.

“If you think we’re going to beat Donald Trump by just having all these plans, you’ve got another thing coming," Williamson said. "Because he didn’t win by saying he had a plan. He won by simply saying, ‘Make America Great Again.’ We’ve got to get deeper than just these superficial fixes, as important as they are.”

Searches for Williamson in Michigan accompanied searches for topics like the Christian Church, vaccine controversies and Williamson’s net worth.

Williamson is a lecturer and best-selling author who said she wants to bring a “moral and spiritual awakening” to the United States with her candidacy. She said the power of love will beat President Donald Trump, not “insider politics talk” or “by somebody who has plans.”

“This man has reached into the psyche of the American people and he has harnessed fear for political purposes," Williamson said. "So, Mr. President, if you’re listening, I want you to hear me please — you have harnessed fear for political purposes and only love can cast that out ... I’m going to harness love for political purposes. I will meet you on that field and, sir, love will win.”

She also said her first call as president would be to the prime minister of New Zealand, who made it her goal to make her country the best place for a child to grow up.

“I would tell her, ‘Girlfriend, you are so wrong, because the United States of America is going to be the best place in the world for a child to grow up,'” Williamson said.

Twitter uses around Michigan had some fun with Williamson’s spiritual reputation.

Chuck Todd:As President, how will you solve the refugee crisis at the border?

Marianne Williamson: pic.twitter.com/Ezq0WcDaJH — J Twoski (@2Sick82) June 28, 2019

Marianne Williamson is your stoned aunt. https://t.co/G05098JR4q — Andrea Ruth (@AndreaNRuth) June 28, 2019

How can we trust Secretary of Energy Marianne Williamson to serve the American People when it's clear she's in the back pocket of Big Crystal? — Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) June 28, 2019

The Houston, Texas native has written 12 books and is a friend of Oprah Winfrey. In 1989, Williamson founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area.

Williamson, 66, supports the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, immigration reforms that include a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and rejoining the Paris Climate Accords.

Her campaign website outlines other progressive policy platforms, including $200 billion to $500 billion in reparations for slavery.

Williamson mounted an unsuccessful run to represent the 33rd Congressional District of California as an independent candidate in 2014. Alanis Morrisette wrote her campaign theme song.