Female journalist told she needs male chaperone to cover politician's campaign

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian

Mississippi Republican Robert Foster denied requests from Larrison Campbell to shadow campaign for governor ‘out of respect of my wife’

Lauren Gambino in Washington and Miranda Bryant in New York

Wed 10 Jul 2019 15.52 EDT

A Republican candidate for Mississippi governor has been accused of sexism after he banned a female political reporter from going on a campaign trip without a male chaperone for fear of being accused of an extramarital affair.

Earlier this week, Robert Foster’s campaign denied requests from Larrison Campbell, a reporter for Mississippi Today, to shadow him on the campaign trail ahead of next month’s primary election – unless she was accompanied by a male colleague.

His campaign told her they feared if somebody took pictures of him with Campbell, they could be used by rivals to smear him.

Campbell told the Guardian she was “shocked” when she was told Foster would not cooperate without a male colleague present because he had initially seemed interested when she approached him about reporting a story and they had an established working relationship.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/10/female-journalist-told-she-needs-male-chaperone-to-cover-politicians-campaign

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Mississippi Gov. Republican candidate,
Robert Foster.



Affair? Wishful thinking, Foster.

[MicaelS]

1. Projection much? n/t

[cstanleytech]

12. Hmm or guilty conscience perhaps?

[saidsimplesimon]

2. A media coordinated (silent) boycott with

expansive coverage of the troll's opponent would give me cause to celebrate.

[yourmovemonkey]

3. Wow

He must be hiding something really embarrassing.

[Tetrachloride]

4. There are better topics to choose.

President Obama, and many other politicians, have said, you can attack me, but leave my family out of this.

[Coventina]

5. Sorry dude, you aren't all that!

Yeesh!

[Mr.Bill]

8. Imagine what he looks like without

that shitty wig.

[Scarsdale]

20. He reminds me of

Lindsey Graham. Is there a reason he prefers being shadowed by males, I wonder???

[Skittles]

6. sanctimonious prick

[Doreen]

7. Is he related to Pence?

[Mr.Bill]

10. I think they dated for awhile

but now claim to just be good friends.

[Doreen]

11. Hehehehe

[bitterross]

16. BWAHAHAHAHA! Thanks for the giggle.

[dchill]

17. Nope. Lindsey Grahamcracker.

[iluvtennis]

9. Seriously, in this day and age. He's the one with the issue. Hope he loses.

[keithbvadu2]

13. His marriage is so insecure that he cannot be trusted.

His marriage is so insecure that he cannot be trusted.

[applegrove]

14. He's the one who needs a minder.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

15. And the war on women continues . . .

excluding the reporter because of her gender is BS.

If he's clean, then he's got nothing to worry about.

But I don't like the way he's presenting this. As if somehow the female reporter is the problem.

[dchill]

18. Everybody knows who needs the chaperone, right?

[UpInArms]

19. Practicing Sharia law?

Maybe he could have insisted she wear a burka

[citizen blues]

21. Welcome to Gilead

He probably thinks women need a man’s permission for birth control too.

[smirkymonkey]

22. How can any woman resist THAT?

[not_the_one]

23. ok, photograph after photograph of him

with nothing but men...

My, my, he certainly does enjoy spending a lot of time with MEN!

Welcome to our team, Bob.

[Blue_Tires]

24. It's funny because turds like him still

keep a stranglehold on the political power in Mississippi, the blackest state in the union...