Mississippi businessman ain’t with the masks

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The former gubernatorial candidate and state representative on Friday ripped into a recent mask mandate, which includes DeSoto County where Foster lives, and called on Mississippians to outright ignore it.

He said he would defy social distancing mandates as well and challenged Gov. Tate Reeves, who ordered the mandate, to respond.

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With all due respect Mr. Governor, I am openly defying your public mask mandate and social distancing executive orders. Now, what are you going to do about it? I would like to see you come up here and try and make me wear a mask!" Foster wrote in a lengthy post on his Facebook page.

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I’m not calling for a protest I’m calling for something even more powerful. I’m calling for you to be Civilly Disobedient. I’m calling for you to defy these unlawful Liberty infringing and financially crushing small business mandates. What’s it going to be Mississippi, Liberty or Tyranny?” Foster wrote.

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The post that went up Friday morning had close to 4,000 likes and had been shared nearly 3,000 times a day later.

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"I have not worn a mask at my business yet and I have not made any of my employees or customers, and I will not be making them wear one either. If they choose to wear one, and some do, then I will support them as I have been...If people don’t like how I’m running my business, or think it’s not safe, they don’t have to come support my business. If my employees don’t like it, or don’t feel safe, they can quit. That’s how free markets work," he said.

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"Mask or no mask, to each their own. If it makes you feel safer then I support your decision to wear one. Just stop trying to impose your will upon everyone else," he said.

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