Herman Cain Hospitalized for COVID-19 Hours After Tweeting 'People Are Fed Up' With Masks

[sfstaxprep]

Ross A. Lincoln
July 2, 2020, 5:10 PM

Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain announced Thursday that he has been hospitalized due to symptoms of COVID-19. But in an unusually on-the-nose development, the announcement came only hours after he denounced measures to stem the spread of the illness on Twitter in a show of political support for Donald Trump.

Early Thursday afternoon, Cain’s representatives said in a statement, posted on Cain’s Twitter account, that he was informed June 29 that he tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and that by Wednesday his symptoms were severe enough that he “required hospitalization.” According to the statement, Cain was taken to an Atlanta-area facility Wednesday night, and while his symptoms are “serious,” he “did not require a respirator.”

Left out of Cain’s statement is a notable event that took place between his diagnosis on Monday and his hospitalization Wednesday night. On Wednesday afternoon, Cain tweeted a link to a Western Journal article about South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who bragged that social distancing will not be required at a July 4th Trump rally at Mt. Rushmore. In his tweet, Cain added: “Masks will not be mandatory for the event, which will be attended by President Trump. PEOPLE ARE FED UP!”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/herman-cain-hospitalized-covid-19-001059330.html

[Hortensis]

1. Let that be his epitaph, then. He described the surly bounds of maskdom.

My hope is that this death will be a positive contribution offsetting some of his last, political years.

Condolences to his family.

[malaise]

2. Fools die for want of wisdom

Peter Tosh

[dawg day]

3. People are dying for Trump-- and they don't care, and Trump doesn't care about them.

Let's see if he tweets anything. Of course, why should he. 150,000 other Americans have died without him caring.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Reminds me of that activist who specialized in civil disobedience, who

was hit by a car for jaywalking.

[GusBob]

5. Hmmm

Rally on 20th
Diagnosed on 6/29
Hospitalized 7/1
Date of tweet 7/1
RIP 7/30

You would think a cancer survivor would be more careful

[musclecar6]

6. Another fool

Who showed up at a trump rally with no mask showing his support for Donald Trump. The sad part is as others have said Donald Trump doesn’t give a fuck about any of these idiots who are part of his base and here they are exposing themselves to danger in their lives and now look what happens. This poor bastard dies from picking up the coronavirus at the rally it appears. How stupid can you be, kissing trump’s ass like this.

[sfstaxprep]

7. The Passing Of An insignificant Man On A Day When We Honor An Extremely Significant Man nt

[Cirque du So-What]

8. Perhaps it's just my imagination...

but it often seems that COVID-19 and karma are working together in this pandemic.

[Newest Reality]

9. May he rest in eternal hoax.

[Renew Deal]

10. There seem to be handlers on that account actively tweeting.

So I'm not sure if he sent it or approved it.

[sfstaxprep]

11. They're One And The Same

His handlers speak for him. And it was bizarre how they kept tweeting throughout the time he had the hoax virus.