Politico: “Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez on Tuesday criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to continue organizing in-person campaign events by invoking the death of businessman Herman Cain — who contracted Covid-19 after attending a Trump rally in Tulsa, Okla… ‘Was that a good model for how people should conduct themselves? Ask the family of Herman Cain,’ Perez said.”
“Dan Calabrese, the editor of Cain’s website, said in a statement responding to Perez’s comment that Cain had ‘traveled extensively in the weeks prior to his infection, and could have been exposed on flights, in various hotels or any number of other places… For Tom Perez to make the statement he made is a ghoulish attempt to exploit a man’s death for political advantage while pretending unconvincingly to care,’ Calabrese said. ‘And the last thing Herman’s family needs is to be bothered with gratuitous nonsense like this while still grieving.'”