HERMAN Cain, a 2012 United States Republican presidential candidate and conservative Black voice in American politics, has died after contracting COVID-19, according to a statement on his website and Facebook page.
Cain was diagnosed with the disease in late June after attending a Tulsa, Oklahoma, political rally for President Donald Trump, an event where many attendees crowded close together without wearing face masks.
“We’re heartbroken, and the world is poorer: Herman Cain has gone to be with the Lord,” a statement on his website said.
Cain had been admitted to an Atlanta-area hospital on July 1 after attending the Tulsa rally 11 days earlier without wearing a mask.
“Trump Tulsa Rally – I was there! The atmosphere was exciting and inspiring!” Cain wrote on Twitter after the June 20 rally. He tweeted a photograph of himself without a mask at the rally surrounded by fellow Black Trump supporters also not
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