Former Republican political operative and cable news analyst Ana Navarro-Cardenas found herself on the receiving end of conservative backlash after she tweeted about the death of Herman Cain and other conservatives who have contracted the coronavirus.
“Herman Caín thought Covid was a hoax, scoffed at wearing a mask. Died of Covid. Bill Montgomery, co-founder of pro-Trump, Turning Point USA, scoffed at virus. Died of Covid. Rep. Gohmert refused to wear a mask. Has Covid,” Navarro-Cardenas tweeted less than an hour after Cain’s death was reported. “See a pattern? Covid doesn’t care about partisanship.”
Herman Caín thought Covid was a hoax, scoffed at wearing a mask. Died of Covid.
Bill Montgomery, co-founder of pro-Trump, Turning Point USA, scoffed at virus. Died of Covid.
Rep. Gohmert refused to wear a mask. Has Covid.
See a pattern?
Covid doesn’t care about partisanship.— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) July 30, 2020
Cain, 74, died Thursday, according to his website. He was admitted to the hospital on July 1 after contracting the coronavirus.
Several conservatives blasted Navarro-Cardenas’s tweet, calling it insensitive and inappropriately political.
This reminds me of how members of the Religious Right argued the gay rights movement was inherently dangerous because so many of its leaders died from AIDS. https://t.co/NenCcnSOol
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) July 30, 2020
“Siri, what does an awful person say when someone dies?” https://t.co/SzuEyi6VEt
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) July 30, 2020
This is abjectly disgusting. Not in a partisan way. In a basic human decency way. https://t.co/KftxzLbZ7h
— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) July 30, 2020
Twitter’s greatest power is revealing who people really are. https://t.co/MMKdd1XZVT
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) July 30, 2020
Imagine tweeting this. https://t.co/GVApJ9iZuM
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) July 30, 2020
