[2][3] In 2017, Foster authored the current Mississippi death penalty law, which allows for executions by gas chamber, electrocution, and firing squad.
[4] Foster also introduced legislation in 2017 that would have “remove[d] affirmative action, multiculturalism and sanctuary of illegal alien students” from public universities in the state, though the bill didn't pass.
As a gubernatorial candidate, Foster's support for Medicaid expansion received criticism from fellow Mississippi Republican Chris McDaniel.
"Foster received national attention in July 2019 when he refused to allow a female journalist from Mississippi Today to interview him alone, which she said constituted sexism.
[8][9] Foster said that his position was grounded in a fear that he could be accused of being in an "inappropriate relationship" if he was seen alone with a woman other than his wife, something he called the Billy Graham rule.