Herman Cain is dead.

[SoonerPride]

Link to tweet

?s=21

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Wow.

Game changer?

[KS Toronado]

55. When trumpig announced his Tulsa rally I started keeping track of Okla's daily coronavirus numbers

Day of the rally Okla had 3,000 fewer cases than Ks, now Okla has 7,000+ more cases than Ks.
So, one mass gathering without masks has resulted in more coronavirus cases than attended
his rally, way to go donnie keep giving the virus to your die hard fans and we'll see a lot of them
decide to vote Democrat.

[Totally Tunsie]

95. His "die hard fans" (how appropriate!) may not be alive

to vote anything if they follow their leader's voice.

[barbtries]

85. I wish.

But he's black so I doubt it.

[Liberal In Texas]

2. I think I'll wait for a legitmate news source.

But, next? Gohmert?

[MoonRiver]

10. It's being announced on MSNBC. Family put out a statement.

[SoonerPride]

11. msnbc reports it too

[Celerity]

17. MSNBC just confirmed 3 minutes ago nt

[lillypaddle]

3. K&R for visibility only

looks like a penalty for being a dumbass is death.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

4. that is a huge fucking deal

he goes to Trump's sparsely attended Tulsa rally
he and others refuse to socially distance or wear masks
He gets coronavirus
Now he is dead.

The virus doesn't think mask wearing is partisan.

[Johnny2X2X]

34. He's dead because of Trump, period

Trump made the statement right before that rally that people who wear masks are just doing it to show their disapproval of him. That guaranteed no mask wearing at that event and Cain died as a result.

[StarfishSaver]

37. Yes. He went there and paraded around maskless in service to Trump

Sad.

[Major Nikon]

48. He was a grown man who made his own choice

It’s not as if the evidence wasn’t available, even more so for someone who had access to some of the best experts on the planet. The worst of it is he was in charge of a federal department and didn’t take the appropriate steps to make his employees safer. I feel more sorry for his employees who have been affected some of which undoubtedly due to his willful ignorance.

[llashram]

88. this

[SheltieLover]

106. This!👆

Choices, like elections, have consequences.

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Peace to his family and friends.

Another Trump victim.

[Pachamama]

18. Another Trump caused death....

The bodies are piling up

[Maru Kitteh]

67. Herman Cain was a perp. He wasn't a victim. He promoted Trump sickness

and earned his own death.

[lunatica]

74. Karma held him accountable.

The thing I think about is how many people did he infect on the way to his death.

[Blue_true]

120. He made his own choices, he was not a child.

He chose to attend a rally of hate and defiance of science and common sense, and he got what often comes with such choices.

[Zoonart]

6. Just announced on MSNBC

I am sorry for his family. I didn't have to be this way, America.

[Tom Rinaldo]

23. Stupid risk taking unfortunately can have severe consequences.

He could have known better but he put politics over science. I don't celebrate a life cut short, but I have greater empathy for the anonymous victims of Covid-19 who merely followed Trump's false lead rather than actively working to amplify it.

[GeorgeGist]

7. So now you believe Newsmax?

[StarfishSaver]

38. It's been confirmed by all the major news outlets.

[amuse bouche]

56. 'Murder or suicide': Trump faces immediate backlash for Tulsa rally after Herman Cain dies of COVID

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/or-trump-faces-immediate-backlash-for-tulsa-rally-after-herman-cain-dies-of/

[SergeStorms]

78. Black lives...

don't matter to Trump. Just another day in His Assholiness's miserable, vile life.

[greenjar_01]

8. Caught the virus either at Trump's Tulsa rally or in transit there

All the money in the world couldn't save him.

[Zambero]

9. Tulsa takeaway

Stupidity exacts a high price.

[calimary]

65. Yep. The Tulsa Takeaway.

We warned. Many people warned. “Wear a mask!”

As usual, the warnings were there.

Sad.

[dixiegrrrrl]

109. In thinking of headstone options...........

"I went to Tulsa, and all I got was this damn headstone."
or
"Killed by a hoax"

or........?

[Pachamama]

12. Just confirmed on MSNBC

[Mike 03]

19. Yes, indeed MSNBC just reported. nt

[NightWatcher]

13. Damn. Their commitment to this "hoax" is admirable

[TalenaGor]

45. lol

[Mike 03]

14. Here's another source, but I know nothing about BNO news

Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dead at 74
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/07/former-gop-presidential-candidate-herman-cain-dead-at-74/

[imanamerican63]

15. Trump and all GOPers should be worried!

[Mike 03]

22. I think so. Tax cuts won't do them much good where Herman Cain just went.

[dalton99a]

16. He is in MAGA heaven.

[soothsayer]

20. His official account tweeted

Link to tweet

?s=21

[llashram]

93. poorer??

this is part of the thinning of the trump herd. I don't feel sorry for this idiot at all. Dumb loyalty has a price and ultimately, consequence.

[Sogo]

21. Condolences to his family.

....a casualty of Trump’s Tulsa rally....

[SoonerPride]

25. I hope going without a mask to own the libs was worth it

I would guess not

[Roland99]

24. Breaking - Actual cause of death was....

Willful Ignorance

[SoonerPride]

27. hahahahahaha

Touché

[Phoenix61]

28. I call things like this "terminal stupidity" nt

[usaf-vet]

130. He will be up fro a Darwin Award this year.

https://darwinawards.com/

[Sunsky]

26. Wow

This was avoidable.

[Horse with no Name]

29. Darwin's finest hour

Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
I am at risk myself and work in a high risk job and have had multiple exposures.
But. I don’t do anything but work and grocery shop once a month.
I have very little sympathy here.
This was avoidable.

[OAITW r.2.0]

32. Was just going to post this....Play stupid games win stupid prizes.

Except, I was going with=

Play MAGA games, win MEGA prize.

Look forward to the Liar-in-Chief's tweet explaining how Cain succumbed to a hoax.

[nolabear]

30. I hope his family comes out and pleads for people to PAY ATTENTION.

Wear your damn mask! Distance! Stop supporting lies! Listen to the scientists!

[oswaldactedalone]

35. Are you kidding?

Those Uncle Tom’s will blame Obama.

[nolabear]

39. A girl can dream.

[Massacure]

31. Maybe Donald Trump can award him a posthumous Darwin Award

We should all Tweet at him.

[spanone]

33. trump rallies are deadly.

He attended the Tulsa rally....and coronavirus took him.

[Ilsa]

69. They all need to get themselves tested. They may have

breathed the same air that infected him.

[Botany]

76. Darwin's roll call.

I want to say I'm sad but ....

Btw it is all a big hoax.

[GoCubsGo]

36. I hope Louie Gohmert is paying attention to this.

Not wishing the same fate on him. Just enjoying the idea that he's probably shitting his pants right now, and if he isn't, he should be.

[SoonerPride]

40. I am wishing Gohmert the same fate.

If that makes me a bad person, so be it. I'm all out of fucks to give.

[pandr32]

47. I'm with you

He has no redeeming qualities as a public servant or person.

[Jamastiene]

94. Same here.

All of these jerks refusing to wear masks and spreading it, calling it a hoax, kissing Trump's ass, let them pull themselves up by their own bootstraps if they get it. No mask should mean no medical care, too, imo. That's knowingly taunting a pandemic. Darwin Award. Why take resources from people who followed safety guidelines for those assholes? Whatever happens to the Covidiots, I have zero fucks left to give.

[ashredux]

41. The Covid circle of death is closing in around the White House

[SoonerPride]

42. hope it takes out as many as it can.

I wish nothing but pain and death on all of them. Zero fucks left.

[Act_of_Reparation]

43. Good riddance to bad company.

[BobTheSubgenius]

44. He'll be missed.

By someone, I'm sure.

[MurrayDelph]

62. I miss seeing his face

There is/was a magazine called Pizza Today, a trade magazine for pizza restaurants. Herman Cain was on the cover of the issue that listed my favorite local shop as one of the 50 best independent pie shops in the U.S. (listed alphabetically by state). A framed copy of the cover and article is on the wall above my favorite table there.

I really miss being able to sit there and enjoy my meal while still warm.

[BobTheSubgenius]

73. I love having pizza in-house

Pizza has a decent shelf life for being *good* but its window for being transcendent is quite short. I miss my favourite place, too.

As far as missing ol' Herm, I'm sure yours is the closest to heart-felt loss felt for the man that I'm going to find.

[Wednesdays]

132. Far greater loss to us was Mike Ilitch

Founder of Little Caesars. Great philanthropist and loyal Democrat.

Passed away in 2017.

[Roc2020]

46. He died of deception

he actually believed the virus was a hype and overblown. He should have known better and be more responsible. RIP Herman Cain.

[DSandra]

80. Listening to RW media propaganda can be deadly

[Mad_Dem_X]

49. Condolences to the family.

That's all I'm going to say.

[Mad_Dem_X]

50. Condolences to the family.

That's all I'm going to say.

[JI7]

51. Sad this wasn't Trump or Barr instead of Cain

[SoonerPride]

53. I think it is just a matter of time

Really I do

[PatSeg]

52. Poor guy, died of a hoax

This was yet another unnecessary loss of life. What will it take for people to believe this is real?

[LAS14]

54. Wasn't he a physician? Do you think he really believed masks and distancing weren't...

.... necessary? Or did he value Trump-land's approval more than his life?

tia
las

[Hekate]

68. Cain made his fortune in pizzas, iirc. His tax plan when he ran for potus boiled down to 9-9-9...

Simple slogan, repeated it a lot, was very pleased with himself.

RIP

[AllyCat]

123. Godfathers Pizza was his outfit

[intheflow]

98. You're thinking of Ben Carson,

a neurosurgeon in charge of HUD now, because neurosurgeons are highly trained in low income housing justice.

[LAS14]

113. Ah! Thanks! nt

[johnthewoodworker]

57. A trumptard republican died from coronavirus after not wearing a mask at a rally.Hooray.

Any time a trumptard nazi dies, it is a good day. I hope many more follow. No sorrow here.

[Mr. Evil]

58. Republicans willfully dumb themselves down.

They have to be defiant to appear strong to their dumbed-down voters. Reality doesn't give 2 shits or 1 diddly damn about defiance or republicans inability or unwillingness to accept simple truth. To them reality is just another Democratic hoax.

Herman Cain put himself in danger as well as everyone that came into close contact with him and the person he became infected from at that rally in Tulsa. Louie Gohmert is probably wiping the shit from the backs of his legs and changing his piss-soaked socks right about now.

[SCantiGOP]

59. Cause of death:

should be listed as Suicide by reason of stupidity. Unindicted co-conspirator: Donald J Trump.

[ResistantAmerican17]

60. Okay. Cain is dead. Who needs their drink refreshed??

[B Stieg]

75. Make mine a double...

[ResistantAmerican17]

111. Bottoms up.

[Hav]

61. The price for politicizing safety measures to contain a pandemic

They begged them not to hold the rally which turned out to be a huge failure anyways.
But they didn't only go on with their rally, they carefully made sure to act in a way to own the libs, to neglect any kind of actions that responsible human beings should do. Not only for themselves but for those around them. And it was done simply for political reasons and to kiss Trump's ass.
No masks and no social distancing. It was a deliberate decision to specifically act against these two notions to fight the pandemic because they are hated by the right. All of that only in order to show that everything is alright and people pay the price for this evil stupidity every day.

[COL Mustard]

63. It Can't Be! The Virus Is All A Hoax!

I guess he's part of the Deep State now and trying to make the establishment look bad!!!

(OK, I know he'll BE in the deep state soon.....sorry not sorry......)

[Crunchy Frog]

64. He made a heroic sacrifice for the economy. n/t

[LudwigPastorius]

66. The same day Cain was hospitalized, he was tweeting support for...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s decision not to require mask-wearing or social distancing during Trump’s upcoming visit to Mount Rushmore.

“Masks will not be mandatory for the event, which will be attended by President Trump,” Cain tweeted. “PEOPLE ARE FED UP!”

Say what you want, but that right there is commitment.

[Zambero]

79. Fed up, then...

Stricken down. The oft-repeated "Give me liberty or give me death!" does not quite cover individuals who are unwittingly seeking both.

[bonniebgood]

91. To Trumpism "I thee wed until death do us part". Cain personally made the commitment

to wed Trumpism. Cain The Businessman signed a waiver to attend the OK rally, cannot sue the spouse.

[Lucky Luciano]

102. Maybe he meant to say "People are F-ed up!"....lol of course not.

[Iggo]

70. Unnecessary loss of life. This is sad.

[ismnotwasm]

71. Holy shit

That’s fucked up way to die

[Chicago1980]

72. Surprise they didn't delete the NEWSMAX tweet in the post as not legitimate enough a source.

[ElementaryPenguin]

77. Wow. Trump killed him.

Period.

[GoneOffShore]

81. Play stupid games! Win stupid prizes.

[qwlauren35]

82. I feel such sadness.

Yes, he was a Republican, Tea-Party, Trump supporter.

But what I remember is a self-made millionaire black man who had the audacity to run for president on the Republican ticket, and to survive long enough to make his mark and become a household name in our community.

I never paid ANY attention to his politics, so I have no idea what he said. I only know that he got pretty far in a racist world.

RIP Herman Cain.

[LudwigPastorius]

100. "I never paid ANY attention to his politics, so I have no idea what he said."

Anti-choice, anti-welfare, anti-affirmative action, anti-same sex marriage, anti-Affordable Care Act...

For capital punishment, for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, for restricting the building of mosques, for privatizing Social Security...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Herman_Cain


"I only know that he got pretty far in a racist world."

To quote the book that Rev. Cain regularly preached from: "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"

[qwlauren35]

105. "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"

And yet another reason for sadness. I am sad that he went in that direction, and I am sad that he is dead.

Thank you for sharing his positions, so that I can know what they were, and thank you for sharing the quote.

I am not sure how I will feel when Ben Carson dies, or when Clarence Thomas dies.

Carson, I will probably also feel that he lost his way. But he was a brilliant neurosurgeon and inspired many, many young people before he "lost his way".

Clarence Thomas, I will probably never feel remorse for.

[Blue_true]

122. Herman Cain was a dyed in the wool hater who pulled the ladder up as soon as he got to the top.

He is not the example you make him out to be. Much better examples of self-made Black people are Ophra Winfrey, Jay-Z, LeBron James and the billionaire who paid the college debt of a whole class of graduating Black kids - AND added to that by setting up a futures endowment to help more striving Black kids.

[qwlauren35]

125. Yes.

He lost his way.

You could say the same about Ben Carson. 4 years ago, I was very mad at him, but now - "he lost his way". But he was a brilliant neurosurgeon who inspired so many. ''

My husband would call both of them sell-outs. Probably very accurate.

One of my girlfriends said that Republicans paid him to run so that he would split the AA vote. He went so far right, it doesn't surprise me.

For some reason, I just can't hate him. Maybe because I never paid that much attention to him, and he never affected my life.

[maxrandb]

83. He died just to make Donnie Dipshit look bad?

[machoneman]

89. Yes, and good for him!

Dead warriors for Trump, a new Super-Pac!

[liberalla]

84. I wonder if he tried hydroxychloroquine...

[jimlup]

86. I have to admit that i feel sad...

Karma's a bitch

[Jamastiene]

87. Well, there is that old saying. So, I will just say, "Good." n/t

[bringthePaine]

90. yeah, so?

[Initech]

92. Trump holds an indoor rally during a pandemic - what could go wrong?

Well this. This is what you get. This is why we don't get nice things.

[OverBurn]

97. I wonder how much Soros paid Herman Cain for this stunt.........

[turbinetree]

99. Just a reminder of ones irresponsibility during a pandemic.......without a mask.....

sitting in crowd rooting for someone that is a sociopath just to massage his ego...........who said it was hoax..............

[Hulk]

101. Huh....

Dumb as a box of rocks, right to the end.

[Sympthsical]

103. Cain was an intelligent man

So it's sobering just how far people who should absolutely know better will go in service to their politics and their ideology.

I read a lot of conservative blogs and things (know your opponent), and I'm just waiting to see the reactions to this one - if they mention it at all.

It really is disheartening. There are conservatives I read who I consider intelligent, thoughtful people even if I oppose them. But this mask business, it's like they've lost their damn minds. I've spent most of my adult life trying to be civil and engage and respect people as individuals. During this virus, I have lost so much respect for some people I thought of decently.

And for what? This fucking president? This guy?

I'll never understand that level of partisanship. Never.

[Larissa]

104. In the words of Dr. Fauci

"The virus decides . . . "

In just our behavior alone, Americans have made it easy for Covid-19 to swing its scythe across this country. Those who attended Trump's Tulsa rally, along with Cain, behaved despicably by exposing innocent people afterwards to a super contagious pathogen. It was at the rally that some of Trump's Secret Service agents and advance team workers had become -- or were -- infected. Now GOP members of Congress are racing to get tested after Congressman Gohmert blew mouth droplets in their faces all week.

[Retrograde]

107. I had a soft spot for him

Cain was one of the early people to earn an advanced degree in computer science, so I saw him as a fellow nerd. Someone who actually made it on his own. Still a loon, but mostly harmless.

[TheCowsCameHome]

108. "mostly harmless"

He is now.

[matt819]

110. Dead from a hoax

Not.

You fucking vile monsters. 150,000 Americans are dead because you - yeah, I'm looking at you, Republicans - chose to do nothing about your vile leader. The blood of those Americans is on your hands as much as it is on you dear leader's.

150,000 Americans.

If you lined these Americans up, with 6' spacing, the line would be 170 miles long. From the White House to Morgantown, West Virginia, or Trenton, New Jersey, or Henderson, North Carolina.

So, don't care much about Herman Cain. Just add him to the end of the line. With one American dying every minute from Covid-19, he won't be at the end of the line for long.

[Mr. Ected]

112. Purveyors of Propaganda Must Perish

They're killing innocents with their state sponsored lies.

[dustyscamp]

114. Old Man Herman is dead

Tots and Pears

[ornotna]

115. The new Generalisimo Francisco Franco

4 hours later and still dead.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

116. .

[hamsterjill]

117. I am sorry that the man has died.

I do not wish this disease on anyone, but his death yet again shows that this disease is very serious, very real and does not respect party lines.

I cannot believe that I live in a country with a bunch of idiots that just won't admit this. While I (and others here) express remorse over all losses, these same idiots have no words of sympathy. They continue to disburse hate and disinformation. I find that reprehensible.

[TexasBushwhacker]

118. He looked pretty fit

I wonder if he had any underlying health conditions other than being 74.

[Blue_true]

119. With his life story and what he had to overcome, he could have been so much more than he chose to be

I honestly can’t feel remorse over his death. He could have been a shining inspiration for many, but he chose a different path. He started the journey to his end days by attending a rally for a man that is full of divisiveness and hate, and Cain chose to follow the foolish prescripts of that man by attending the rally and taking no precautions to protect himself and others.

[0rganism]

121. props to Mr. Cain as the first politician i know of to quote Pokemon in a presidential campaign

"it's never easy... when there's so much on the line"

[DTomlinson]

124. Condolences to his loved ones. That is all. nt

[demtenjeep]

126. and I should care????? Play stupid games, get stupid prizes

0 fucks to give

[mnmoderatedem]

127. PEOPLE ARE FED UP!

he tweeted regarding the virus, shortly before he was hospitalized.

Let that phrase be on his tombstone.

[SoonerPride]

129. Hahahahaha

He was fed up



Through a tube.




Until he wasn’t.

[Catherine Vincent]

128. Rest in peace.

[Martin Eden]

131. My mother taught me to only speak good of the dead

Herman Caine is dead. Good.

[Polybius]

133. He had the greatest political ad of all-time, which I still watch for laughs