The former Republican candidate for president of the United States dies

Herman Cain, a well-known conservative republic and businessman who briefly led the party race for the 2012 presidential election, died Thursday of the Coronavirus. He was 74 years old.

Cain was hospitalised for a month in Atlanta and initially seemed to be improving, but his health deteriorated during the last days. Mr. Cain attended President Trump's political rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20th, where there were numerous cases of infection. But Mr. Cain, who was seen not wearing a mask during the rally, said he had made numerous trips around the same time. It is unknown where it was infected by the virus that has so far caused more than 150 thousand deaths in the United States.

Cain was the leader of the African-American group supporting President Trump “Black Voices for Trump”. Last year, the president named Cain as a member of the Federal Reserve Board (Central Bank), but withdrew after adding objections to him.

I'm under attack because I ran as Republicans for president and Senate of the United States and because I'm a powerful voice of conservativeism, a strong voice for the constitution and laws”, Cain said.

During his career, Cain served in several high corporate positions. Among the most important, he served as executive chief of corporation “Godfather?

In 2011, while campaigning to win the republic's appointment for the 2012 presidential elections, he called for a broad reform of the tax system.

For a short time, he was placed before the republican candidate Mitt Romney, according to political polls a year before the elections. He withdrew from the race in December 2011 after two women charged him with sexual harassment during the time he led the National Restaurant Association from 1996 to 1999. He dismissed the accusations, while his wife Gloria supported him by saying that, “he fully respects women”.

Through a Twitter post, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnanny said that, “Herman Cain possessed the American dream and represented the best of the American soul”.

She also added, our <x0nd hearts mourn his loved ones, and they will be part of our prayers during this time. We will never forget his memory as the incarnation of nobility, statesmanhood and faith” / VOA.