Controversial CNS senator to campaign for far-right French presidential candidate
GRANTHAM, NP – She lost her seat in the 2016 Federal Senate
election, but outgoing Senator Nadine Pietrasaelis (C) is still hitting the
campaign trail.
It seems the bested senator is joining the campaign trail
for a controversial foreign candidate.
Pietrasaelis confirmed to the GBC she will campaign in
France on behalf of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.
A candidate of the National Front Party, an extreme,
right-wing party known for its Euro-skeptic and anti-Muslim positions, Ms. Le
Pen is leading in French polls for the first round of voting, although it’s
unclear if she will be able to win in a head-to-head match-up with the
centre-left candidate, Emmanuel Macron.
Ms. Pietrasaelis, who is known in Grassadellia for her
anti-Islam views, met Ms. Le Pen during a trade visit to Paris in September
2016. They instantly had a connection, according to the senator.
“Marine told me she had read news articles about the work I
was doing here in Grassadellia. We shook hands and she told me I was fighting a
similar fight in Grassadellia, she encouraged me to keep up the fight,”
Pietrasaelis told the GBC.
In a statement released on her Twitter account, the outgoing
– and outspoken – senator said she will travel to France to campaign for Le Pen
and the National Front at a dinner fundraiser.
“I have the wonderful honor of being invited to France for a
campaign event for my dear friend and freedom soldier Marine Le Pen,”
Pietrasaelis tweeted.
The event’s location and date have not been released yet,
for security reasons, Pietrasaelis said.
“The liberal, politically-correct, establishment politicians
would love nothing more than to cancel this event. And the radical Islamists
would love to target it for their terrorist carnage. Because of that, I can’t
release any more details at this time but please stay tuned,” she added.
Pietrasaelis recently conceded her Senate seat, after losing
a close race with Nationalist Jean Larae Dowd.
After several rounds of counting and litigation, Ms. Dowd
was declared the winner with 51% to 49% for Pietrasaelis.
Despite her defeat, Ms. Pietrasaelis told her impassioned
supporters she is not done with politics and “will be back.”
“I got knocked out of the ring but I’ll be back out there in
no time, just wait and see,” she said on election night.
The controversial senator has also been a strong supporter
of US President Donald Trump.
The 54-year-old senator is also writing a new book, slated
for publication in September 2017.
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