NEW: Herman Cain, a 2012 Republican presidential candidate and businessman, has tested positive for coronavirus more than a week after attending President Trump's Tulsa rally, per statement posted to Cain’s Twitter account.
WASHINGTON — Herman Cain, a 2012 Republican presidential candidate and businessman, has tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after attending President Donald Trump's Tulsa rally, a statement posted to his official Twitter account on Thursday.
“There is no way of knowing for sure how or where Mr. Cain contracted the coronavirus, but we do know he is a fighter who has beaten Stage 4 cancer,” the statement said. Cain is currently recieving treatment at an Atlanta hospital.While there’s no way to pinpoint exactly where he contracted the virus, Cain Trump’s rally in Tulsa on June 20 and posted a photo of himself with others at the event, which showed him without a mask on. The 74-year-old tested positive on June 29, the statement said.
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