(CNN) Author Marianne Williamson criticized Democratic candidates' emphasis on "plans" on Thursday during the second night of primary debates and claimed they would be insufficient to defeat President Donald Trump in the general election.

"I'll tell you one thing, it's really nice if we've got all these plans, but if you think we're going to beat Donald Trump by just having all these plans, you've got another thing coming, because he didn't win by saying he had a plan," Williamson said. "He won by simply saying 'make America great again.'"

The comment was one of several moments Williamson had that helped the Texas native stand out among the other nine candidates on stage

Though her campaign has yet to break through in the polls, Williamson qualified for the debate on the relative strength of her donor base -- part of a dedicated core of support that embraces her uncanny mix of spirituality, anti-corporate rhetoric and the desire to tell "big truth." She has offered videos of herself dancing (on Instagram), press releases on self-care and -- more pointedly -- some tough criticism of her Democratic opponents.

"Too many Democrats are half-truth tellers," Williamson said in Iowa earlier this month. "And Donald Trump will eat the half-truth tellers alive."

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