An aspiring Minnesota Republican lawmaker has been arrested on assault and bodily harm charges – a year after being accused of fraud.
Marisa Simonetti, 30, who has been running on a ‘Rebuilding Safety through Family Values’ campaign for this year’s election was taken into custody Saturday.
The aspiring lawmaker’s campaign page describes her as the only conservative candidate in the race who hopes to rebuild safety through family values.
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has charged Simonetti fifth degree assault charges and domestic assault.
MORE CHARGES AGAINST HER
According to reports, the aspiring congresswoman was also charged with a felony count of financial card fraud against her former lover last year.
She remains in custody as of now at the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center and no bail amount has been set yet.
In an effort to promote her campaign message and gain support, Simonetti once posted a video on X saying that having ‘low standards is selfish’ and how tired she is of hearing that ‘Minnesota is an embarrassment’.
But despite utilizing classic GOP election strategies, she has already lost the May 14 special election for the vacant District 6 seat on the county board to State Representative Heather Edelson.
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WHAT IS SHE CAMPAIGNING FOR?
She was campaigning to become one of the seven Hennepin County Board commissioners who are tasked to approve budgets for both the county attorney and sheriff offices.
Despite the loss, Simonetti has previously indicated that she will once again compete against Edelson in the upcoming November election.
