Outrage over politicians obeying the rule notably cropped up in 2017, when The Washington Post reported that Vice President Mike Pence does not dine alone with a woman who is not his wife.
Last week, state Representative Robert Foster, who is also running for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, said he would not allow Campbell to shadow his campaign alone without a male chaperone.
"I've always had the same practice in business: I'm not alone with a female employee and put myself in a situation to have a 'he said, she said moment,'" Foster explained. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who is running for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, told"If I couldn't meet with women alone to discuss issues important to them and to Mississippi, I wouldn't be able to do my job," Hood said."As Governor, women will play an important role in my administration.
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