The head of the French nationalist party says she would never support Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE’s call for a temporary ban on Muslim immigration.

“Seriously, have you ever heard me say something like that?” National Front leader Marine Le Pen said Thursday when questioned about Trump's plan in a television interview, according to The New York Times.

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“I defend all the French people in France, regardless of their origin, regardless of their religion,” she added.



Trump, the Republican primary front-runner, has invoked the Nov. 13 terrorist attack in Paris to justify barring Muslim immigration to the U.S. “until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on.”

Le Pen’s party won the largest share of the vote in the regional elections in France this week, with 30 percent of the vote, making her a contender for the presidency in 2017.

Like Trump, she has blamed her country's economic woes on climbing immigration rates.

“They are pulling out all the stops for the migrants, the illegals, but who is looking out for our retirees?” Le Pen asked in a recent campaign appearance. “They are stealing from the poor to give to foreigners who did not even ask our permission to come here.”