Herman Cain's life and death were more complicated than that

On Father’s Day earlier this year, Melanie Cain Gallo drove to her parents’ house to drop off a gift for her dad, Herman Cain. He had just returned from a business trip that included a stop at a rally for President Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he posed for a photo with other members of the campaign’s Black advisory board. A day later, Cain was back in Atlanta. Though he and his wife Gloria took precautions when it came to the coronavirus — Gloria has a heart condition and wore a mask, even around family — Melanie still gave her dad “big hugs,” she said, before driving back to her home nearby.