Lindsey Graham has died
Source: NBC News
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after brief and sudden illness
Graham had just returned from Kyiv, Ukraine, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722
Woah...just NBC so far
WheelWalker
(9,422 posts)SouthBayDem
(33,484 posts)I saw a tweet from NewsWire_US around 11pm PT, and immediately thought that was a joke. But then I did a Google News search, and it had NBC's story up.
ABC and CBS now have stories online.
Bengus81
(10,724 posts)SomedayKindaLove
(1,206 posts)About Ukraine, the Savannah Bananas, communicating with the dead and the amazing healing powers of the Southern elixir ginger ale.
Godot51
(885 posts)I was unaware that he had a heart...
riversedge
(82,501 posts)SouthBayDem
(33,484 posts)Strom Thurmond passed just under half a year after retiring.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,347 posts)... eom.
Karasu
(2,463 posts)stress, 71 is pretty damn early. I wonder what the actual cause was.
LeftInTX
(35,228 posts)Happened to my friends husband a few months ago. Relatively young and healthy. My neighbor is about 74 he just had a massive stroke. Not overweight or anything.
BComplex
(10,092 posts)He liked to party.
LeftInTX
(35,228 posts)Don't think it was his liver.
BComplex
(10,092 posts)I'll take whatever, as long as it's permanent.
NH Ethylene
(31,406 posts)It doesn't indicate why it stopped.
But who cares?
LymphocyteLover
(10,505 posts)TBF
(37,818 posts)just because I had one from birth control years ago (I was incredibly lucky to survive - it was a saddle PE which put strain on the right side of my heart). Anyway, he just had long flights to/from Ukraine so that's why it came to mind.
ruet
(10,330 posts)His Trump cheerleading and warmongering on Iran has put this country in serious crisis. He got out while he could.
Miguelito Loveless
(6,104 posts)He seemed to have a serious drinking problem.
Blue_Roses
(13,960 posts)a year ago. Mine was totally unexpected, but thankfully got to the ER. It caused some weakness on my left side, but physical therapy has helped restore some of that. My doctor told me that stress is the biggest contributing factor for strokes.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,347 posts)... just have to remember that I don't always have to be the, "tough guy", and can relax and be happy sometimes.
mackdaddy
(1,996 posts)He had just landed back in the US from a flight from Ukraine.
He was an actual supporter of Ukraine over Russia, one of the only things he got right.
Seinfeld voice: "That's a shame."
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,071 posts)LeftInTX
(35,228 posts)bocephus864
(3 posts)Yes, I went to high school with his sister. He always took good care of her.
Nittersing
(8,618 posts)spooky3
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Jim__
(15,331 posts)oasis
(54,507 posts)Karasu
(2,463 posts)oasis
(54,507 posts)Bill Clinton into coming clean during his impeachment proceedings back in the 90s. Rep.Graham was one of the impeachment managers.
I could see right through him way back then.
Captain Zero
(9,003 posts)Before he departed he was shown holding a Ukrainian drone. He seemed to really admire it.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,347 posts)...eom.
BidenRocks
(3,725 posts)One small step for peace.
littlemissmartypants
(36,002 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,714 posts)I was SOOOO disappointed.
SoFlaBro
(3,832 posts)Trueblue1968
(19,376 posts)Gymbo
(196 posts)The witch is dead.
dalton99a
(96,598 posts)EuterpeThelo
(472 posts)That is all.
JohnnyRingo
(21,115 posts)My sympathies to the family as well.
South Carolina will never find another one like him. Thank Goodness.
HappyLarge
(93 posts)I can definitively say Yes they can! And will.
LeftInTX
(35,228 posts)BComplex
(10,092 posts)Callie1979
(1,539 posts)If I was a conspiracy theorist like the MAGA cult I'd say Putin had him taken out.
Bengus81
(10,724 posts)Hypocrite like all good Republicans..........
LymphocyteLover
(10,505 posts)MuirHero
(155 posts)Agree that the timing of Graham's "cardiac arrest" soon after his visit to Ukraine raises some suspicions that he may have been exposed to some kind of chemical agent. Putin certainly would have a motive and so would Iran. They are experts at this sort of thing. They need to do a complete tox screen as part of an autopsy.
OnlinePoker
(6,179 posts)There's an elevated risk of cardiac issues due to prolonged sitting during flights. If he already had underlying issues, the flight to and from Ukraine might have pushed him over the edge.
yardwork
(70,244 posts)blubunyip
(328 posts)-- seems he'd be on the hit list. They'll call it cardiac arrest. Tox screen won't be public probably.
Lindsay Graham
Bayard
(30,880 posts)He drank the tea.
BaronChocula
(5,076 posts)So anyway...
BigmanPigman
(55,853 posts)If death comes in "threes"...Turtle, Lindseed and next the fucking moron. Fingers crossed.
I hope Iran nails that muther!!!
Rest in hell with Mitch, asshole!
littlemissmartypants
(36,002 posts)The blessed universe always eventually provides.
BigmanPigman
(55,853 posts)I think this occasion needs to be celebrated. I already got out the noisemakers.
BidenRocks
(3,725 posts)SouthBayDem
(33,484 posts)South Carolina's governor is Republican. So get ready for someone worse to take that seat - whether as interim senator or winning the upcoming general.
The top primary challenger to Graham had endorsements from (gag) Gregory Bovino, Joe Kent, and Michael Flynn. Shady cast of characters.
Maybe I'm too cynical. Would Annie Andrews have an easier contest against a non-incumbent (similar to Talarico in TX or Turek in IA)?
BigmanPigman
(55,853 posts)about Satan tapping him on his shoulder indicating he is next, and soon.
BComplex
(10,092 posts)Wouldn't that just be the best thing in the world!!
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wnylib
(27,018 posts)All his trips to Walter Reed and his obvious physical and mental decline.
3Hotdogs
(15,829 posts)Aristus
(72,848 posts)Dem_in_Nebr.
(385 posts)So He didn't "ace" the test!
NH Ethylene
(31,406 posts)kerry-is-my-prez
(10,343 posts)No offense meant to any 100 IQ people. I doubt there are many people here with that IQ.
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patricia92243
(12,984 posts)COL Mustard
(8,512 posts)Asking for a friend.
SouthBayDem
(33,484 posts)Wikipedia says: "On April 15, 2024, the Hudson Institute announced Haley would join the think tank as the next Walter P. Stern Chair."
She probably enjoys that a lot more than elected office. Plus, SC's governor isn't risking losing his Homeland Security advisory seat by appointing someone who'd vote like John Cornyn or Bill Cassidy.
littlemissmartypants
(36,002 posts)I love that for us.
ToxMarz
(3,242 posts)LeftInTX
(35,228 posts)fake celebrity stories) But it's Agenda Free TV
fujiyamasan
(2,250 posts)No details yet
wnylib
(27,018 posts)BigmanPigman
(55,853 posts)like Adam Mockler and Jack Cocchiarella...
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malaise
(300,113 posts)Speaks for me
BigDemVoter
(4,716 posts)BaronChocula
(5,076 posts)I wonder what young up and coming pigs are knocking over that trough.
generalbetrayus
(2,111 posts)Lindsay Graham is dead. Good.
The Grand Illuminist
(2,138 posts)nt
Peppertoo
(455 posts)JoseBalow
(10,005 posts)True Dough
(27,810 posts)10,004.
Congrats on your first DU 10,000, Jose!
JoseBalow
(10,005 posts)True Dough
(27,810 posts)You're moving like lightning! There's no stopping you now!
Raine
(31,296 posts)LeftInTX
(35,228 posts)BumRushDaShow
(174,324 posts)Was wondering why breaking alerts were blowing up on my phone and assumed it was Iran stuff.
calimary
(91,719 posts)Journeyman
(15,523 posts)LeftInTX
(35,228 posts)The GOP will nominate someone. Odds are it will be someone worse than if there was a primary. But I don't can't imagine SC flipping.
Why didn't this happen to........the concerned one....
Escape
(585 posts)won't be so easily manipulated with Kompromat.
Lindsay occasionally challenged Trump on one issue or another, but would then quickly fell back in line. Trump may not be able to blackmail the next SC Senator.
Brother Buzz
(40,726 posts)Im surprised they havent shut down the edits.
One entry told us he was the marmalade shartcannons personal masseur (it disappeared real quick)
Another listed him as First Lady of the United States
Was a time I used to dig into the edits for entertainment, but Ive lost the skill.
If anyone has the skill to dig into it, I guarantee youd have a blast
LeftInTX
(35,228 posts)IrishAfricanAmerican
(4,557 posts)riversedge
(82,501 posts)Beacool
(30,539 posts)I checked several sites, including this one, nut no one else had reported it yet. I'm actually shocked. I thought if any senator was going to die right now, it would be McConnell.
BComplex
(10,092 posts)Two birds, one stone! I just feel bad that they're keeping Mitch on life support so they can cheat and count his vote.
(I don't really know that...I just suspect.)
Hes already dead and theyre coveting it up?
AllyCat
(19,068 posts)(Do not speak ill of the dead)
(Zips mouth)
C Moon
(13,873 posts)Betty Boom
(516 posts)He flies a lot. Just returned from another trip from what I hear.
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Rhiannon12866
(262,200 posts)
Blue_Roses
(13,960 posts)too good there. His face is puffy and he looks tired.
onenote
(46,491 posts)Hope you didn't put too much money on pulmonary embolism
Betty Boom
(516 posts)When I said pulmonary embolism in the context of him having traveled, I was thinking of a blood clot traveling to his heart. Deep vein thrombosis.
But it couldve been just a simple heart attack
onenote
(46,491 posts)nilram
(3,599 posts)LeftInTX
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LuvLoogie
(9,094 posts)He did it.
Trump killed him
slowly but surely.
Dumbass.
LuvLoogie
(9,094 posts)trump sent Lindsay to poison Zelensky. Lindsay failed or refused to do the deed.
Then Putin or trump took Lindsay down.
BComplex
(10,092 posts)thinkingagain
(1,357 posts)The big P told Lindsay to make sure he went and saw Vance when he got home
With or without the conspiracy,
Vance visiting the pope, etc. and than they pass away.
if Lindsey did go and see Vance after his return trip
Well
yaesu
(9,464 posts)sfdennis1
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That HORRIBLE closeted backstabbing f@%got traitor should have croaked during Pride to really give us gays more reason to celebrate but still, a win is a win, so .Rest in Piss, sweetie
ShazzieB
(23,154 posts)He's earned it. But no matter what any of us may think of the man, anti-gay slurs (or any others) are inappropriate, imo.
paulkienitz
(1,571 posts)...and I wouldn't be all that surprised if maybe one of them turned out to be true?
aggiesal
(11,055 posts)cstanleytech
(28,720 posts)Trueblue Texan
(4,753 posts)COL Mustard
(8,512 posts)Condolences to his family and friends, 71 isnt that old nowadays.
Ill reserve my snarky comment for a later time.
Figarosmom
(15,214 posts)I saw him his face looked really puffy. I bet he was sick and didn't know it. But he's been looking puffy and pasty for a while.
LeftInTX
(35,228 posts)LeftInTX
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Aviation Pro
(15,918 posts)
C Moon
(13,873 posts)RockRaven
(20,184 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(139,361 posts)ToxMarz
(3,242 posts)I mean like MAGAt Trump sycophants.
Graham gone.
McConnell supposedly gone.
Massie, Cassidy, Cornyn gone primaried out by an assault from Trump.
Do they have enough der leader troglodyte votes left. I'm guessing no in a lot of cases
onenote
(46,491 posts)There have been over 60 Senate roll call votes since Cassidy and Cornyn lost their primaries and I can only find one or two where Graham and McConnell not being available to vote would have made any difference -- both involving war power resolutions. Even after losing their primaries, Cornyn and Cassidy have consistently voted with the rest of the repub caucus.
BeyondGeography
(41,245 posts)But he was actually good behind the scenes in the gutless formerly publicly reasonable R on certain issues manner on Ukraine. He will be most likely be replaced by a full-on go ahead and invade Greenland Magat who isnt.
Thats all Ive got.
SunSeeker
(58,467 posts)unblock
(56,327 posts)Skittles
(173,956 posts)Bengus81
(10,724 posts)aeromanKC
(4,019 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,541 posts)And now we just wait for The Big Beautiful Obit. Good news always comes in threes, right? 😄
usonian
(27,514 posts)It's too late
To celebrate
But come tomorrow
Some new sorrow
May befall the
Son of a Bitch Mitch
And we may say "addio"
To Satan's favorite trio
When he takes the bastards back
To join Jeff Epstein on the rack.
cab67
(3,957 posts)Back when he was John McCain's extra-hawkish sidekick, I sensed a certain level of decency about him.
But then McCain died and they had to re-home Graham, and he started following a far more malign superior.
tanyev
(50,039 posts)
QueerDuck
(2,502 posts)... people say.
thesquanderer
(13,192 posts)valleyrogue
(2,841 posts)He was a total ass in the phony Clinton impeachment trial.
Grim Chieftain
(2,430 posts)The old adage is that death come in threes, so we'll see.
Blue Owl
(60,272 posts)But go ahead Mr. Reaper, and treat yo self make it a hat trick!!!
Buddyzbuddy
(3,135 posts)AZJonnie
(4,290 posts)For causes like suicide, overdose, accidental death from auto-erotic asphyxiation, those kinds of things.
I'd have never wished the man dead, but I'm reading his obituary with some amusement.
Grim Chieftain
(2,430 posts)"Brief and sudden". Okay, so which is it - brief or sudden?
BumRushDaShow
(174,324 posts)Heart attacks (which some sources are attributing this as) usually happen that way. Many survive one (or several), but others don't. He apparently had just returned from Ukraine.
AZJonnie
(4,290 posts)I didn't say heart attacks are not also described this way, nor did I intend to insinuate that
BumRushDaShow
(174,324 posts)but I just had this happen at the end of May with both my sister and her hubby. My sister didn't make it. My BIL just had bypass surgery this past week. Both incidents were "sudden" but both had underlying conditions. So at least for this, the wording seemed plausible, although I don't rule out CT given what is going on with Turtle.
onenote
(46,491 posts)If so, why do it?
AZJonnie
(4,290 posts)Truth is, I don't care if I did so by saying what I said. In part because I knew there will be at least 3 or 4 major ones going around within the first 24 hours, so what does another one matter?
But also because I know what I said is a factual statement, that explanation is often used as a kinder, gentler way to describe those sorts of deaths as well.
Frasier Balzov
(5,194 posts)To both his credit and his disgrace, he never hid his condition.
NBachers
(19,702 posts)Deminpenn
(17,670 posts)nt
Blumancru
(440 posts)Nope. Didnt have this on my bingo card at all.
eringer
(568 posts)The Iranian Fatwa begins.
gfwzig
(155 posts)Vinca
(54,644 posts)There was a pre-Trump Lindsey and a Trump fanboy Lindsey. I didn't like either, but he took on the nasty characteristics of his beloved in his later years. Sadly, now South Carolina has a chance to put a much young Trump zealot into office.
mwb970
(12,177 posts)lastlib
(28,957 posts)you worthless lying Putin-licking traitorous GONazi sonofab****!
(*R I H -- Rot In Hell)
I guess I should only speak good of the dead. He's dead--good!
Stuckinthebush
(11,229 posts)and I'll add...may his family and friends find peace.
valleyrogue
(2,841 posts)I was no fan of his, never forgetting he was one of the persecutors of Bill Clinton over the sham impeachment, but I am not a grave dancer. It is South Carolina, so they could run anybody with an R in front of him or her and it will remain red.
Multichromatic
(252 posts)paleotn
(23,264 posts)And a wonderful way to start a bright, sunny Sunday.
Don't wish ill you say? There are some that are so low and so incredibly vile it's beyond the capacity of any decent human not to smile and have an extra skip in their step upon hearing of their demise. If those decent humans are honest with themselves anyway.
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flvegan
(66,768 posts)Anyway.
Crowman2009
(3,657 posts)Who is going to cheerlead servicemembers into an early grave now?
Now I shall attempt to greave lazily: please....no....wait....come back.
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GreenWave
(12,917 posts)Jarqui
(10,938 posts)"if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Joinfortmill
(22,058 posts)Looks like the Universe is pissed.
Tim S
(388 posts)Maybe his death can spur the appropriate PSAs?
SergeStorms
(21,171 posts)up Trump's ass now, for anyone who's interested. Maybe Stephen Miller can fit Katie up there now so they can be together a little more often.
Thoughts and prayers.
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Baitball Blogger
(53,001 posts)Somewhere they said that he died after a brief illness. Would be interesting to learn what it was, because it would be karmic if it was something that our government's health organization once monitored and kept in check.
And, why is Zelensky's words so kind, regarding Lindsey?
The Wizard
(13,997 posts)he didn't want others to fight.
Ilsa
(64,826 posts)I was watching MSNow for 30 minutes before they covered it. It wasn't even running a breaking news crawl.
azureblue
(2,788 posts)Mitch, Lindsey and xxxxx?
The GOP is freaking out.....
The Wizard
(13,997 posts)bequeath his dress collection? Asking for a friend.
MarineCombatEngineer
(18,329 posts)Meanwhile, back on the farm.................
RIP Lindsey and the P doesn't stand for Peace.
Blue Owl
(60,272 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(184,782 posts)Remember death comes in threes. Mitch, Lindsay and ?
— juhneenhow she/her (@juhneenhowe.bsky.social) 2026-07-12T07:37:49.600Z
Link to tweet
Death always comes in threes..
— Sharon ð«¶ð»ðð¦ð¿ð¸ð«ð (@sharonsf.bsky.social) 2026-07-12T09:56:29.855Z
1) Mitch McConnell
2) Lindsey Graham
Could number 3 be
3) Senile Satan ð

prerev
(15 posts)He modeled his politics on a weather vane.
Mysterian
(6,798 posts)Same kind of situation.
doc03
(39,266 posts)being in favor of every war.
Hudly
(20 posts)Well, you were caught with your hands in the kill
And you still got to swallow your pill
As you slip and you slide down the hill
On the blood of the people you killed
Bring on the Lucie
OhioTim
(404 posts)"Trump will destroy America"
the_liberal_grandpa
(358 posts)Farewell Lady Lindsey.
Didn't he just win his primary?
I wonder who will replace him on the ballot?
Can't wait for the sordid details of his secret life to be exposed.
Blue Owl
(60,272 posts)onenote
(46,491 posts)Without Graham or McConnell available, it's still 51-47 and that assumes Fetterman votes with the Democrats. The Senate remains in Republican hands and Thune still is majority leader and gets to set the agenda.
What may or may not be the case after the November elections is another story.
PufPuf23
(10,073 posts)Saw that Graham had passed last night before went to sleep and thought it was fake internet detritus.
Never realized that I am older than Graham, 73 vs. 71.
Clouds Passing
(8,246 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(7,142 posts)If that makes me a bad person, I don't care.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,480 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,614 posts)Zorro
(19,055 posts)Grins
(9,645 posts)From the link:
FakeNoose
(43,359 posts)He just had a meeting with Putin in the last couple of days. Maybe Pootie gave him some innocent looking cough drops, or a bottle of homemade schaps? I don't know, but this sounds a little fishy.
Lindsay wasn't sick, he spoke to Chump on the phone last night. Then he died.
LeftInTX
(35,228 posts)He didn't look too good lately. Puffy eyes and pastiness. He suddenly looked much older, whereas a few years ago, he looked his age.
Farmer-Rick
(12,894 posts)I guess he could have caught the flu or another disease going around and his alcohol fueled body couldn't take it anymore. Or perhaps a liver condition?
Wonder why they don't say what brief and sudden illness?
Why is everything a deep dark secret with these fascists?
Now, they should come out and deal with Mitch's death too.
malthaussen
(18,651 posts)catbyte
(39,526 posts)
Ford_Prefect
(8,703 posts)Exp
(1,094 posts)Jarqui
(10,938 posts)could be a stressful existence ....
58Sunliner
(6,473 posts)Blumancru
(440 posts)Piercing his ample posterior with a dull, red hot pitchfork every time it comes around, so there is that.
lpbk2713
(43,324 posts)What? Me worry?
lastlib
(28,957 posts)has bent slightly toward justice.......
sakabatou
(46,587 posts)Dulcinea
(10,554 posts)How times changed. Condolences to his family.
California Kid
(69 posts)crevice in Hell that is reserved for them kind of folks....
electric_blue68
(28,153 posts)Well condolences to his family and friends.
But the way my notices come up on my phone this early afternoon- I first saw the words "Trump", and "died", and totally missed 'Lindsay".
Boy, am I disappointed!!!
dsharp88
(531 posts)Lindsey Graham died? Good.
WestMichRad
(3,578 posts)Bye.
angrychair
(12,656 posts)Is putting it mildly. Absolutely not going to miss that guy at all. Even as a Republican he was loathsome POS. His betrayal of the memory of his one and only friend John McCain is legendary. Absolutely insane turn of events. I hope this improves Andrews chances of taking the lead.
Could also end up in a sympathy vote situation too. I hope not.
Marcuse
(9,171 posts)
purr-rat beauty
(1,751 posts)Anyways, what's for dinner
Tots n pears
sellitman
(11,754 posts)Of joy.
AStern
(1,003 posts)
Ray Bruns
(7,068 posts)Ray Bruns
(7,068 posts)
Glaisne
(679 posts)He will not be missed.
Warpy
(114,805 posts)because even now his death has sucked all the oxygen off the web and away from the mess US foreign policy is in. For instance, see: Iran> Fatso goaded them into acting and now he'll likely get war approval in the Senate even without Graham's vote.
Earth Bound Misfit
(3,613 posts)