Herman Cain and one of the Turning Point USA guy dying of this is more like the ultimate tragedy. So unwilling to do anything but make this a political thing and grift beyond grift and then to ultimately succumbing to it. It's like thinking you're Hercules but you're really Sisyphus and instead of the rock just rolling back down the hill it rolled over you. It's the ultimate willful stupidity perpetrated by those who absolutely knew better.
That doesn't mean I'm sad about it, nor do I think people who laugh about it are really that bad, but I ain't going to laugh at it, and Cain & TPUSA guy got the ultimate and IMO a proper comeuppance, and I'm sure the devil is enjoying two new souls to his realm (if you believe in such a thing). Their actions may not have directly lead to someone dying (and hard to prove) but they definitely added and emphasized an atmosphere of callous disregard to the severity of this, and that most assuredly lead to more death and suffering.