CNN host Chris Cuomo links Herman Cain’s coronavirus death to President Trump’s rally in Tulsa
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has seemingly linked the coronavirus death of Herman Cain to President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Oklahoma last month.
The host of Cuomo Prime Time suggested during the show on Thursday night that the rally, , is where Cain contracted the .
He was hospitalized less than two weeks after attending the rally in Oklahoma, .
"Yes, he supported the president. The president says he was a good friend of his.
"You see him not wearing a mask. How many lives do we have to lose, how many have to be sick, how many have to have their lives changed?"
A photo of Cain taken at the rally last month showed him not wearing a mask who were also not wearing face coverings.
A statement on his Twitter account said he tested positive for the virus on June 29, and was hospitalized on July 1 because his symptoms got worse.
During a later press conference, Trump told reporters of Cain: “He was a very special person … and unfortunately he passed away from a thing called the China virus.”
For months, as Wuhan is the world epicenter of the virus.
to attend his rally last month, but only thousands did so.
Hours before the event was set to begin, for the virus — a number that .
In the weeks following the rally, Oklahoma health officials reported record virus numbers.
On July 15, .
Stitt, a Republican who supports Trump, has resisted any statewide mandate on wearing masks and rarely wears one himself.
“We respect people’s rights … to not wear a mask,” he said this month. “You just open up a big can of worms.”