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Mississippi gubernatorial candidate denies female reporter access to campaign trip
CNN Politics ^ | 7/112019 | Paul LeBlanc

Posted on 07/11/2019 9:11:02 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts

Washington (CNN)A Republican running for governor in Mississippi denied a female reporter's request to accompany him on a campaign trip unless she brought along a male colleague, insisting Wednesday that he did so because he "just wanted to keep things professional."

The reporter, Larrison Campbell, wrote in Mississippi Today on Tuesday that the paper had asked to shadow each gubernatorial candidate seeking the GOP nomination "in an attempt to better inform readers." While two of the candidates agreed, state Rep. Robert Foster declined, explaining on a Mississippi talk radio show Wednesday that having a female reporter with him could create "an awkward situation."
Campbell, who said that she was the first to report on Foster's plans to enter the gubernatorial race in November 2018, told CNN by phone Wednesday that she was in "disbelief" when Foster's campaign manager, Colton Robinson, told her she wouldn't be allowed to cover the campaign by herself.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: campaign; femalereporter; feminazism; gotchajournalism; gubernatorial; larrisoncampbell; mississippi; robertfoster
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I say, good for Foster. I'm not saying it would happen but we all know what could happen with a 'Rat in the mix.
1 posted on 07/11/2019 9:11:02 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Damned smart play.


2 posted on 07/11/2019 9:12:05 AM PDT by TomServo
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I say, good for Foster. I'm not saying it would happen but we all know what could happen with a 'Rat in the mix.

Exactly. You can't trust the propaganda wing of the RAT party.

3 posted on 07/11/2019 9:12:52 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (AOC: The brain of a tea bisquit)
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To: TomServo

If you’re a republican anything, never give them a plausible opportunity to say something happened while you were alone.

Even then, they’ll still just say something happened 30 years ago so the media mafia can pounce


4 posted on 07/11/2019 9:13:45 AM PDT by z3n
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Inevitable.


5 posted on 07/11/2019 9:15:39 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I encourage all Mississippians to hook up with him on Twitter if you haven’t done so yet. One of the good guys.

https://twitter.com/RobertFoster4MS


6 posted on 07/11/2019 9:20:29 AM PDT by TomServo
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

CNN Why the need to lead with a lie?
The man never denied the female reporter access.
You wonder why you are called fake news..


7 posted on 07/11/2019 9:20:56 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

8 posted on 07/11/2019 9:21:32 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: TomServo

find it on #NoMoreDenialOf RightsToMen or on #NoFemalesNoLawsuitsLater

((Both imaginary. Only women get real life hashtag feminist rights. Men are guilty unless proven innocent))

“I remember 21 years ago the candidate glanced up from his pile of government papers and for a half second looked at me and I knew inside my mind it was a sexually significant leer even though he before or later on never spoke to me at any time. I felt vulnerable and unsafe near that man after that.”

Guilty.


9 posted on 07/11/2019 9:22:49 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we afought for theire finished.)
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This sounds like a modified version of Mike Pence rule of never dining alone with a woman not his wife. He was widely mocked for this, but he has not been subjected to salacious charges that so many other have. This also like the debate about meeting alone in a business setting with a member of the opposite sex where anything can be alleged because there are no third party witnesses.


10 posted on 07/11/2019 9:23:26 AM PDT by Truth29
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Jeez - no wonder he’s trying to ditch her.


11 posted on 07/11/2019 9:24:02 AM PDT by TomServo
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I believe Vice President Pence practices the same scenario. Whenever there is a female reporter, he ensures there is a male present and does not allow himself to be alone with any woman other than his wife. SMART Move!


12 posted on 07/11/2019 9:24:51 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: Truth29

Billy Graham did the same thing, for the same reason, and it worked well.


13 posted on 07/11/2019 9:25:47 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (We had entirely enough government in 1789.)
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To: TomServo

Agreed...smart move. CNN and it’s ilk made these rules necessary and now they can live with them.


14 posted on 07/11/2019 9:25:55 AM PDT by RyanM
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We all know, he would have at least made a pass at her or make her uncomfortable........


15 posted on 07/11/2019 9:34:20 AM PDT by umgud
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"Jeez - no wonder he’s trying to ditch her."

Yep. Her response here proves the wisdom of his decision.

16 posted on 07/11/2019 9:35:58 AM PDT by circlecity
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Half the people will hold this against him.

Half the people will realize that he is making the smart move.

He was never going to get the votes of the first half, anyway.


17 posted on 07/11/2019 9:42:44 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (If you have a right / To the service I provide / I must be your slave)
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Campbell also warned against the assumption that her denied access to Foster's campaign is a "Mississippi story," positing Wednesday that women everywhere are "sexualized" as they try to do their jobs.

If that's her picture on the linked story, she has sexualized herself. The make up, the long flowing hair, the low neckline... female reporters always, always, always use their sexuality to further their careers. Men sit next to them in suits and ties, shirts buttoned to the collar, and the women are in blouses opened down to there, and sleeveless dresses... when news outlets stop dressing their female reporters like cocktail hostess in nightclubs, then talk to me about how women are being sexualized by a man not wanting to be alone with them.

18 posted on 07/11/2019 9:43:24 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (FOX has flipped. I am breaking the FOX habit. I have OANN on my Bookmark Bar now. No more FOX.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Foster is a brilliant(very high IQ)and honest young man that has ventured into the salacious world of politics and is doing what he has to survive the malicious attacks that are forthcoming. I don’t expect him to win this round but do see him moving up significantly within the next four years. Keep your eye on him as he has integrity and intelligence.


19 posted on 07/11/2019 9:46:00 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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The plot thickens—a search for Larrison Campbell turns up a New York Times story on her civil union to another woman . . .


20 posted on 07/11/2019 9:48:26 AM PDT by Charlemagne on the Fox
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