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babylonsister

(171,059 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 03:31 PM Jul 2020

Herman Cain hospitalized for COVID-19 after attending Trump Tulsa rally

https://www.axios.com/herman-cain-coronavirus-trump-rally-tulsa-7907a159-0e24-4781-8945-c56e505c7a52.html

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Herman Cain hospitalized for COVID-19 after attending Trump Tulsa rally
Ursula Perano


Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, 74, has been hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus less than two weeks after attending President Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Why it matters: Public health officials warned Trump that hosting a large-scale rally last month could bolster the spread of the coronavirus. The campaign did require temperature checks upon entry but did not require attendees to wear face masks. A tweet from Cain, who is the co-chairman of Black Voices for Trump, shows him not wearing a mask during the event.

Six Trump staffers who were part of the advance team in Tulsa tested positive for the coronavirus just hours before the rally. Two Trump staffers who attended the rally have since tested positive.


What they're saying: The Trump campaign said of Cain, per CNN, "Contact tracing was conducted after the Tulsa rally but we do not comment regarding the medical information of individuals. Regardless, Mr. Cain did not meet with the President."
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Herman Cain hospitalized for COVID-19 after attending Trump Tulsa rally (Original Post) babylonsister Jul 2020 OP
And idiot Cain still went and got himself exposed. His own damn fault (and rump's too). Idiots. SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #1
Maybe he can be interviewed now.. Permanut Jul 2020 #2
Trump may lose a whole lot of supporters to COVID. BComplex Jul 2020 #3
quick! someone dial 9-9-9!! SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #4
Cold Blooded Shit from the "trump campaign". #ToxicTulsaRally Cha Jul 2020 #5
Lots of discussion on CNN about Cain malaise Jul 2020 #6
Cain, asked his opinion of septuagenarian Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Hortensis Jul 2020 #7

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. Cain, asked his opinion of septuagenarian Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 06:31 PM
Jul 2020

the highest ranking woman in American history, answered to the effect that he wouldn't be interested in nailing her. On national TV. I've always been fine with him dropping dead.

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