Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after 'brief and sudden illness'
By: Scott Wong (NBC News)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
WASHINGTON — Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was elected to the Senate in 2003 and was a close political ally of President Donald Trump, has died, his office confirmed early Sunday. He was 71.
Graham died Saturday night "from a brief and sudden illness," his office said in a statement.
"Senator Graham's family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period," the statement continued.
Graham was chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and was seeking a fifth six-year Senate term in November. He was one of the most well-known members of the chamber and a key voice within the party on defense and international affairs.
Emergency personnel responded to a call for "cardiac arrest" at Graham's Capitol Hill home on Saturday night, according to police scanner audio obtained by NBC News.
Photographs reviewed by NBC News show that paramedics carried a person on a stretcher from Graham's home to an awaiting ambulance. Police cars and fire trucks were also on site.
Graham was fresh off a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. He had been scheduled to appear on NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
His death comes as fellow Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell remains in the hospital after paramedics responded to a call at a known residence last month for an individual experiencing cardiac arrest.
A McConnell spokesperson has said the former GOP majority leader is continuing to recover, but his team has not provided further details about his condition.
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Graham's legacy will be someone who went from being a close "friend" of John McCain to slavishly subservient to a creep who insulted McCain and denigrated his heroism.
Graham who described Trump as: "a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. He doesn't represent my party. He doesn't represent the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for." Graham who wrote: "You know how to Make America Great Again? Tell Donald Trump to go to hell." And then became Trump's closest ally.
Ugly. At least he supported Ukraine to the extent he did.
gee, what a bummer. thoughts and prayers ...
If he did.
Miss Lindseed Oil was known as a "FLIP FLOPPER"! Whichever side he was on, it was always someone he wanted to KISS UP TO!
Did he, or was he trying to extract funds?
Bummer. RIP.
The cult suffers a loss.
swing and a miss ...
CPR was delayed when the male escort ran off with the padlock key for the leather hood covering the ball gag lindsey was wearing ...
That is exactly what I heard in one of my many HALLUCINATIONS.
KARMA is a BITCH, when one is a FLIP-FLOPPER!
HELL has no fury like a two-faced, flip-flopper that is in it for one's benefit!
Maybe Trump will name a Washington DC building after Graham instead of himself.
Nah.
Trump only names things after his Filthy SELF. "Dirty Diaper Donnie" is a MEGA-LO-MANIAC.
It's always about Donnie, and NO ELSE!
magalomaniacs ...
I guess a massive heart attack would qualify as brief and sudden.
If it was a heart attack, or Trump REVENGE!
Wow, that is a shock. A shame, 71 is too young by today's standards.
I wish he had carried on his good friend John McCain's statesmanship. It would have given him a substantially better legacy.
... than trump's senate rent-boy.
Amen, devangelical, but compulsive flip-floppers always jump to a new sycophant!
However, when John McCain was gone, Miss Lindseed immediately jumped into "Dirty Diaper Donnie's" gigantic diaper and lived there until she died.
Or, so I was told by one of my "sauces", Ghouliani!
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just got back from a trip to ukraine, staunch supporter of israel, ass-licking toadie of trump ...
kind of looks like the maga elite should probably start having some food testers along with their body guards ...
He supported Ukraine. That's a good thing.
He supported Israel. That's a good thing.
As for supporting Trump - pure shit.
he financially supported the LGBTQ community also, based upon the available stories about his fetishes and kinks coming out now ...
Oh, yeah. Apparently he had a male masseuse who would service him
he probably choked on a tube steak ...
Sounds like a psychopath!
Amen, Brother devangelical. I agree 1000%.
I think Senator Graham was a good and honorable man who served the citizens of South Carolina well. May he rest in peace.
You're entitled to your opinion. I think he has a mixed record and he essentially destroyed his reputation by sucking up to Trump.
he floundered after mccain croaked, tried to take his place in the GOP and failed, and then realized he had to kiss trump's ass to stay relevant and keep his job ...
As do they all - so why, out of all of them, is Mitchell the scape-goat for the Dems/Libs?
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If you're referring to Mitch MConnell, he isn't anybody's "scape-goat". He is an enabler of un-American/anti-American radical reactionary policies and judges, a contemptible fraud, and, as my friend who lives in McConnell's state, Kentucky, tells me, totally corrupt. Other than that, he's a really wonderful guy. Not.
he's a racist goober that's going to end up where racist goobers belong, as soon as he thaws out, gets his make up done, gets his plastic shoes put on, and they stuff him into a box ...
Never liked the "Turtle" nor his politics.
Exactly.
I think he was a traitor.
he was a typical maga republican. he said one thing in public while doing the opposite in private ...
he's a stiff sissy now ...
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And, I suppose you will say the SAME thing about "Dirty Filthy Diaper Donnie", the ADJUDICATED RAPIST, RACIST, CONVICTED FELON, COMPULSIVE LIAR, MURDERER OF CHILDREN when he meets his inevitable end.[✘]
bye
amf
the corpse wasn't even cold before the maga knives came out, LOL ...
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"Bye, bye, Miss America switch hitter"!
I know I may seem to be out in left field at times, but, having followed the reports of Grahams sudden death, and the given cause of his death from an "aortic dissection," I find it to be just a bit strange. You can call it intuition, or a gut feeling, but, something just does not seem to fit right.
It will be interesting to see how it all pans out. And now Mitch is out due to an injury for who knows how long. These are/were two close Trump supporters and who knows how many others may suddenly see the underside of the bus, or worse, by the mid-term elections.
JMOO
... bummer. heh, heh, heh ...
moscow mitch's proof of life pictures are suspect, and have even been called out by other republicans ...
... there must be a production delay in creating a convincing AI video.
True. The thing that makes it hardest to control is that Trump keeps taking his words back, changing his mind on what he promises, or just ignores them outright. Then passing the blame on to another pawn.
Frankly, I think Mitch chose to stay out of the political fray to save his own life. The longer Trump remains in office the worse things will get.
I might be wrong, and I truly hope so.
mitch is past tense, and his wife took an unscheduled trip to china to move his money away from the IRS and his 2 daughters.
I'm not a fan of Mitch by any means. Like Trump and Graham, he changes his mind on policies and/or people he once supported, or didn't, depending on which would benefit him the most.
It will be curious to see what will develop with him out of the game for now.
I think I read where the governor of kentucky has demanded definitive proof of life by tomorrow, or else ...
That will be interesting to see.
they haven't figured out how to stand his corpse up in the spray tan booth or find an artist to paint his eyes on yet ...
Yep!
That would be very interesting to see. 
he's a stiff in the basement fridge of the hospital, and has been for weeks ...
"Dirty Diaper Donnie" does not "cotton" with those who have a different opinion from his own.
Donnie was opposed to HELPING UKRAINE.
Putin didn't like it either!
finally heard the first lindsey graham joke today ...
Q. what room in his house did lindsey die in?
A. the closet ...
too soon?
I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes on him going around now. There were lots of them going around long before he passed.
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That is RIGHT on the MONEY, HONEY!
Boo friggin' hoo.
May the reaper soon come for the rest of them.
damn straight ...
I dig it, DIG!