Trump’s ally Herman Cain, who attended the Tulsa rally hospitalized with coronavirus

Herman Cain, a 2011 Republican politician and top candidate for the party’s presidential candidate, has been hospitalized after testing positive for Covid-19.

Cain, a conservative columnist and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, is currently being treated at an Atlanta-area hospital.

A spokesperson for the 74-year-old woman released a statement on Twitter on Thursday saying: “On Monday, June 29, Herman Cain was informed that he had tested positive for Covid-19. By Wednesday, July 1, Mr. Cain had developed severe symptoms enough to require hospitalizations. “

Mr. Cain does not wear a respirator and is “awake and alert” according to the statement.

He is an ally of President Donald Trump, serves as co-president of Black Voices for Trump, and attended the President’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 20. At least two of the president’s employees at that event tested positive for the coronavirus in the days after the demonstration.

The video of the rally shows Cain with other followers sitting in the crowd without wearing a mask.

“There is no way to know for sure how or where Mr. Cain contracted the coronavirus, but we do know that he is a fighter who has defeated stage 4 cancer,” the statement said.

Dan Calabrese, editor of HermanCain.com, addressed speculation that Cain contracted the virus while attending the rally in a blog post on Thursday.

“I honestly have no idea where he hired him. I realize people are going to speculate on the Tulsa rally, but Herman traveled a lot last week, including to Arizona where cases are on the rise. I don’t think there is any way to track it. ” this to the only specific contact that caused your infection, “Mr. Calabrese wrote.” We will never know. “

Cain is a contributor to the conservative newscast Newsmax and hosts two political talk shows, The Herman Cain Show and Herman Cain’s America.