Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is hospitalized with the coronavirus 11 days after attending Trump's Tulsa rally

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Herman Cain, CEO, The New Voice, speaks during Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington.
Herman Cain.

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  • Herman Cain was hospitalized with the coronavirus in the Atlanta area on Wednesday, a statement published on his Twitter account on Thursday said.

  • Cain was stable as of Thursday afternoon and had not required a ventilator, the statement said.

  • Cain attended President Donald Trump's indoor campaign rally on June 20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was photographed seated near several other people — none of whom, including Cain, was wearing a face mask.

  • The 74-year-old former pizza-restaurant executive got a diagnosis of stage-four colon cancer in 2006 but said in 2011 that he was cancer-free.

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Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate, was hospitalized with the coronavirus on Wednesday, a statement published on his Twitter account on Thursday said.

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Cain tested positive for the virus on Monday and was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday. As of Thursday afternoon, he was in stable condition and not on a ventilator, the statement said.

Cain attended President Donald Trump's controversial indoor campaign rally on June 20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He tweeted a photo of himself seated near several other people. None of them, including Cain, was wearing a face mask.

On Wednesday, Cain tweeted that people were fed up by social-distancing guidelines and mask requirements.

The 74-year-old former pizza-restaurant executive got a diagnosis of stage-four colon cancer in 2006 but beat significant odds and said in 2011 that he was cancer-free.

In April 2019, Trump announced that he would appoint Cain, a contributor for the conservative news outlet Newsmax, to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, describing him as "a very terrific man, a terrific person."

But Cain's path to the Fed was derailed by reports that at least two women accused him of sexual harassment while he led the National Restaurant Association, which paid out settlements to the women.

Cain denied the allegations of harassment and said he withdrew his name from consideration because the position's $183,100 salary would require him to take a significant pay cut.

As a 2012 presidential candidate, Cain was best known for his "9-9-9" tax proposal for a 9% income tax, a 9% federal sales tax, and a 9% business-transaction tax.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Cain's hospitalization.

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