Tag Archives: Herman Cain

BOOK: Trump Staff Lamented They Killed Herman Cain

Mediaite reports: In an excerpt from Jonathan Karl’s upcoming book — Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show — published in Vanity Fair Thursday, the ABC News chief White House correspondent reported that many of the president’s campaign staffers blamed themselves for Herman Cain’s death. “We were all trying to figure out who’s testing positive, because we were all …

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Ghost Of Herman Cain Tweets: Stop Wearing Masks

The people running Herman Cain’s Twitter account point to an incident in South Dakota that was reported here yesterday: A man was physically removed from a school board meeting in Mitchell, South Dakota, on Monday night because he refused to wear a protective face covering. Reed Bender had attended meetings in the past and spoken against mask mandates, according to …

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Herman Cain’s Twitter Account Mocks COVID’s Lethality

The Independent reports: The twitter account of Herman Cain posted that Covid-19 was “not as deadly” as made out, just weeks after the one-time Republican presidential candidate died from the virus. Cain’s twitter account has continued to post several times a day after his death, most commonly to share articles from the dubious Western Journal, one of which provided the …

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Herman Cain Tweets Against Kamala From The Grave

The Wrap reports: People don’t like to speak ill of the recently deceased, but that courtesy didn’t extend to the deceased’s estate on Wednesday after the Twitter account that belonged to Herman Cain shared a link to an article attacking Joe Biden and Kamala Harris — two weeks after the businessman and Republican politician’s unfortunate death. Hermain Cain’s family said …

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Trump Denies Cain Caught COVID At His Rally [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump said Friday he doesn’t think that Herman Cain, who died this week after being hospitalized with the coronavirus, caught the virus when he attended the president’s Tulsa, Okla., rally last month. “No, I don’t think he did,” Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for a trip to Florida when …

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Trump Lavishes Praise On “Patriot” Herman Cain

CBS News reports: Cain attended President Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 20. The 2012 Republican presidential candidate posted a photo of himself and other rally attendees, none of whom were wearing masks. Although masks were provided to attendees at the rally, wearing them was not mandatory. Trump campaign officials told CBS News that Cain sat with members of …

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BREAKING: Herman Cain Dies Of COVID At Age 74

Just reported on Herman Cain’s website:  You’re never ready for the kind of news we are grappling with this morning. But we have no choice but to seek and find God’s strength and comfort to deal with it. Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us – has passed away. He’s entering the …

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Cain Still Hospitalized After 27 Days, “Getting Better”

Just in from Herman Cain’s staff: We know it’s been a few days since we last gave you an update on the boss. But he is still in the hospital being treated with oxygen for his lungs. In the meantime, the doctors say his other organs and systems are strong. Re-strengthening the lungs is a long and slow process, and …

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Cain Making “Slow Progress” After 14 Days In Hospital

ABC News reports: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that he has tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the first governor since the start of the pandemic to publicly announce a positive diagnosis. Stitt’s diagnosis came several weeks after President Donald Trump held a controversial campaign rally in Tulsa, where Stitt was photographed without a mask alongside thousands of the president’s …

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Herman Cain Still Hospitalized But “Making Progress”

The Christian Post reports: Former Republican presidential candidate and businessman Herman Cain is still hospitalized with COVID-19 but “making progress” as prayers are “making a difference,” his team stated in an update. Last Thursday, it was announced that the 74-year-old Cain tested positive for coronavirus over a week after attending a rally for President Donald Trump. He is receiving treatment …

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Herman Cain Mocked Masks Day Before Hospitalization

The Christian Post reports: “We are sorry to announce that Herman Cain has tested positive for COVID-19, and is currently receiving treatment in an Atlanta-area hospital. Please keep him, and all who are battling this virus, in your prayers,” a statement from Cain’s Twitter account said. “There is no way of knowing for sure how or where Mr. Cain contracted …

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Cain May Have Gotten Or Spread COVID At Trump Rally

The Daily Beast reports: Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has been hospitalized with the coronavirus, his team announced Thursday afternoon. News of his diagnosis comes just days after Cain appeared at President Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which was attended by scores of maskless supporters. In a statement, Cain’s team said he was informed that he had tested positive …

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2012 Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Hospitalized With COVID, “Doing Well” Says His Staff

From the far-right site Newsmax: Newsmax TV contributor Herman Cain was admitted to a hospital Wednesday and is being treated for COVID-19. He is doing well and is not on a ventilator, his staff tells Newsmax. Cain, who also is a regular guest on “Newsmax Now,” joined Newsmax TV as a contributor in April. He also hosts “Herman Cain’s America,” …

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Trump: Herman Cain Asked Me Not To Nominate Him

A related story today from Media Matters: Herman Cain, President Donald Trump’s pick for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, frequently acted as a gold company spokesperson on his radio program. He warned listeners in advertisements that they need to put some of their assets in gold because there’s a recession coming and “even central banks are buying gold …

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Accuser Threatens To Describe Cain’s Penis To Senate

The Daily Beast reports: A woman who has accused Herman Cain of having a long-term consensual affair threatened on Thursday to describe “certain parts” of his body to the Senate Banking Committee “to corroborate her testimony” if he doesn’t withdraw his name from consideration for the Federal Reserve Board. Ginger White first claimed she had a 13-year affair with Cain …

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Reversal: Herman Cain Won’t Withdraw For Fed Board

CNBC reports: Herman Cain will not drop out of consideration for the Federal Reserve Board even though he does not appear to have enough votes to get confirmed in the Senate, he told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and Kansas City Fed Board president said he is “very committed” to the process, according to …

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Cain To Withdraw From Federal Reserve Consideration

ABC News reports: Herman Cain is expected to withdraw his name from consideration for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, amid growing pressure from Republican senators on the White House to remove him from consideration, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. President Donald Trump announced last week his intention to nominate Cain, a political ally and former 2012 …

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Herman Cain Calls Senate Critics “A Bunch Of Yahoos”

The Kansas City Star reports: Herman Cain, whose prospects for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors have grown shaky before President Donald Trump even nominates him, likely gave his detractors in the U.S. Senate more reason to oppose his confirmation with comments at a University of Kansas lecture Wednesday night. He described the Senate Banking Committee, which …

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Herman Cain Promoted Anti-Vax Claims Via Email List

Media Matters reports: Herman Cain, President Donald Trump’s pick for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, took money to promote the newsletter of an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist. Cain also sent sponsored emails suggesting that the government is forcing citizens to take “7 deadly drugs” and that former first lady Nancy Reagan’s “desperate fight to cure Alzheimer’s disease” may be …

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GOP Works To Scuttle Herman Cain’s Nomination To Fed

Politico reports: Herman Cain is in deep trouble. And he hasn’t even been formally nominated to the Federal Reserve yet. Senate Republicans are warning the White House that the 2012 presidential candidate will face one of the most difficult confirmation fights of Donald Trump’s presidency and are making a behind-the-scenes play to get the president to back off, two GOP …

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