Owens said she was told to wear a mask by a police officer at Whole Foods

The 30-year-old said she had not been aware of Mayor Muriel Bowser's April 8 mandate requiring customers to 'wear a mask or mouth covering'

Owens and her husband George Farmer were asked to use their clothing to cover their mouths but the officer rushed over minutes later to say they needed masks

Nation's capital has 68 COVID-19 deaths, with more than 2,000 infected

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Furious Republican activist Candace Owens has said that coronavirus measures are 'spiralling into tyranny' after she was stopped by police in Whole Foods for not wearing a mask.

Owens took to Twitter on Tuesday to recount how she had been out shopping with her husband unaware of Mayor Muriel Bowser's April 8 mandate requiring customers to 'wear a mask or mouth covering.'

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The 30-year-old, who made a point of declaring her backing for the police, said she could tell that the officer 'disagreed with (the policy) personally' because of how frustrated she was becoming with customers complaining about shopping carts and surfaces not being wiped down.

But despite this, the officer told Owens and her British husband George Farmer, 'You guys have to wear your masks.'

Owens took to Twitter on Tuesday to recount how she had been out shopping with her husband unaware of Mayor Muriel Bowser's April 8 mandate requiring customers to 'wear a mask or mouth covering.'

Owens recounted: 'I said "I don't have a mask. I haven't bought one.'" I didn't race to buy toilet paper, I'm not a part of the corona crazies. I'm not a part of the tin foil hat, bunkering in my basement. I'm just living my life.'

The conservative activist claims she and her husband then had to partake in an absurd charade of holding their clothing up to their faces while having to pick up items in the store.

Owens added: 'We must've been in the store for like, four minutes picking some stuff, and the police officer chases me down and she says that she's getting complaints that I don't have a mask on.'

Following this anecdote, Owens forges on with her diatribe against the draconian coronavirus measures imposed in Washington DC and elsewhere, claiming at one point there is 'no empirical evidence to support the wearing of masks.'

In addition to 68 deaths, the nation's capital has more than 2,000 cases of coronavirus.

President Donald Trump sparked a furious backlash from Democrats yesterday when he dared to suggest he had the authority to decide when states would re-open for business, not governors.

He has reluctantly sided with health experts who say that the lockdown measures - which have been replicated throughout the world - are the only way to prevent a catastrophe.

Candance Owens married Brit George Farmer, the son of a baron, over Labor Day weekend, pictured. The happy couple were engaged over a FaceTime call after two and a half weeks of dating after meeting in December 2018

Guests at the Owens-Farmer wedding included Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, pictured right, and Charlie Kirk, who founded right-wing Turning Point USA

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But Trump has also said that states in the Midwest, or those which are not badly hit, which could include DC as Owens described it, should not be bound to lockdown measures which are suited to densely populated cities like New York and Los Angeles.

Owens, formerly the communications director for Turning Points USA, a conservative youth organization, married Farmer at a Trump Winery in Virginia in August, eight months after they met.

Farmer, the son of a Tory peer, met Owens at the launch of a right-wing student group in the UK and got engaged over a FaceTime call after just two-and-a-half weeks of dating.

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They tied the knot at the end of August, over Labor Day weekend, at Trump Winery, near Charlottesville, in front of a host of equally conservative guests, including actor Jon Voight, radio host Larry Elder, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage and Charlie Kirk, who founded right-wing Turning Point USA.

They tied the knot at the end of August over Labor Day weekend at the winery owned by the first family near Charlottesville

Pictures from their wedding on August 31 show Owens in a traditional lace, floor length white gown with sleeves, right. Her hair was tied back in a loose half up, half down style she wore a long veil

She posted images of her three dresses, writing: 'To the ladies asking— I wore @moniquelhuillierbride for all three of my dresses'

The happy couple, who rent an apartment in Mount Vernon, Washington, shared the images from their special day on social media

In some images from their wedding day posted to social media, the couple - who live in a rented apartment in Mount Vernon, Washington - thanked Eric Trump for the 'incredible venue and sunset in the captions, and revealed their simple white wedding cake was topped with a red Make Weddings Great Again' hat, which guests also wore later in the evening.

Eric Trump is the president of the winery, and oversees the company's winemaking, marketing and global distribution, according to the Trump Winery website.

Pictures from their wedding show Owens in a traditional lace, floor length white gown with sleeves. Her hair was tied back in a loose half up, half down style she wore a long veil.

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After the ceremony she donned a red 'MAGA' hat and her new husband wore a light blue Brexit Party cap and smoked a huge cigar.