Mississippi Candidate for Governor Blocks Female Reporter From Covering His Campaign Unless Joined by a Male Colleague

Mississippi candidate for governor blocks female reporter from covering his campaign unless joined by a male colleague.

Robert Foster (R-Hernando), a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, speaks in Biloxi, Miss., on June 21, 2019. Rogelio V. Solis/File Photo/AP

Mississippi’s Republican state representative, Robert Foster, who is running for governor, has said a female journalist won’t be able to shadow him on a campaign trip around the state without a male “counterpart,” claiming it could “do damage” to his marriage and family.

This week, Larrison Campbell, a reporter with the publication Mississippi Today, claimed she was told by Foster’s campaign director, Colton Robinson, that unless a male colleague accompanied her on the 15-hour campaign trip, she wouldn’t be able to shadow the Republican candidate.