She was a member of the Folketing from 2011 to 2022, and was political spokesperson for the Red–Green Alliance from 2016 to 2021, succeeding Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen.

[6] Prior to this, Bødskov had admitted that he had misinformed Folketing about why a visit to Christiania in 2012 was cancelled.

The official explanation was that the Copenhagen police director could not participate, but the real reason was that DSIS warned about a security threat against Pia Kjærsgaard.

[9] Starting in 2013, she was named in the media as Schmidt-Nielsen's likely successor as political spokesperson of the Red–Green Alliance.

[9][10][11] In October 2014, Skipper joined the parliamentary committee that scrutinizes the Danish intelligence agencies.

[14] In October 2015, Skipper was elected new lead candidate in Copenhagen constituency instead of Schmidt-Nielsen,[15] and in May 2016 she was named political spokesperson for the Red–Green Alliance.