By Reuters Staff. Reuters - Herman Cain, a former Republican presidential candidate and supporter of President Donald Trump who pointedly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic, has died after contracting COVID, his website said on Thursday.
Cain, 74, learned of his diagnosis on June 29, nine days after attending a Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he and many others crowded together without wearing face masks aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Join the Prospect today. Support The American Prospect 's independent, nonprofit journalism by becoming a member today. You will stay engaged with the best and brightest political and public policy reporting and analyses, and help keep this website free from paywalls and open for all to read.
Our membership levels offer a range of perks including an opt-in to receive the print magazine by mail. Skip to main content. Become A Member My Account. The Politico story was later changed to show that Carson did not admit to fabricating a story about his background, but the news organization said it stood by its reporting on the embellishments in Carson's story.
Carson has strongly denied reports by Politico and other news outlets on his past while also accusing them of media bias. Cain has his own history with Politico, which in publshed a scoop about female employees of the National Restaurant Association complaining about his inappropriate behavior as head of the organization. Cain was an energetic leader, and not one who took himself too seriously.
His politics emerged slowly. The attraction was mutual. Racial resentment was at the center of much of the Tea Party movement, and Cain—a successful, wealthy conservative who was Black and rejected claims of racism from his compatriots—became both a popular leader and a useful fig leaf. The Republican field was large and fractious, and although Mitt Romney was the early favorite, a series of alternative candidates rose in the polls: first Michele Bachmann, then Rick Perry; later came Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.
Read: The bigotry of Herman Cain. A number of parts of the campaign presaged the Trump campaign in The staff was small and composed of eager but inexperienced young aides and random, grizzled hangers-on. The campaign seemed to have no real theory on the race, sending the candidate to unimportant states , wasting time and money better spent on crucial ones.
Like Trump, Cain was also a transfixing presence on the campaign stump —unpredictable, wild, jokey, completely atypical for a presidential contender.
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