The owners of a Harrisonburg restaurant posted a message on Facebook saying that GOP gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase refused to wear a mask in their restaurant Sunday and threatened to sue them for enforcing the policy.

“Chase came into our restaurant,” wrote Katharine Nye Pellerito, co-owner of Vito’s Italian Kitchen with her husband, Vito, as well as a second Harrisonburg eatery, Corgans’ Publick House. “She threatened to sue us and insulted us because of our mask requirement. She had a note from her doctor, claiming a medical exemption. She recorded my husband while he was explaining to her our policy and got on the phone with her lawyer while in our restaurant.” Hours after the post went up, it had more than 1,000 shares, and many commenters said they would patronize the restaurant.

Chase, a state senator who lives in Chesterfield County, visited Vito’s after a campaign stop in New Market with rock musician Ted Nugent. Like Chase, Nugent is also a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump. In pictures from the event, no one is wearing a mask, but at other public events this year, Chase has worn a face covering or had one around her neck.

In a statement Monday evening on her campaign’s Facebook page, Chase wrote, “This weekend while touring Virginia … on two separate occasions, store employees initially denied me service because I refused to wear a mask, in spite of me expressing to them that I had an underlying health condition and could not wear a mask. Once I provided a letter from my doctor, I was finally provided service, but not without being harassed and belittled in front of other store patrons.”