[2][3] In July 2019, she was chosen as list leader for People Animals Nature in Setúbal District, ahead of the elections in October.

[4] On 25 June 2020, Rodrigues quit PAN, due to objections to Silva's alleged authoritarianism, and sat as an independent.

[5] Later that year, she abstained, so that the state budget would pass, saying: "I will let it happen, but I won't vote in favour of it".

[6] On 23 March 2022, Rodrigues was announced as a new member of the legal department of the right-wing populist party Chega.

[8] In January 2024, she was announced as candidate number three, on Chega's Porto list for the 2024 legislative elections, behind Rui Afonso and Diogo Pacheco de Amorim.