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What we know about longtime Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden death and legacy 49%
7/13/2026, 12:34:03 PM
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This morning, a stunned Washington,
remembering South Carolina Senator
Lindsey Graham, who passed away suddenly
this weekend. Graham had just turned 71
years old on Thursday. Washington, D.C.
EMS responding to his home Saturday
night for a man in apparent cardiac
arrest.
>> We just have a man having a sudden
cardiac arrest.
>> Graham's office sharing the preliminary
findings from the medical examiner,
showing that Graham died from a tear in
his aorta stemming from heart disease.
There was perhaps no Republican in
Congress closer to President Trump.
Graham serving as a key advisor and
defender. The pair often seen golfing.
Trump saying Graham was like a member of
his family and that he spoke with him
the night he died.
>> Well, it's devastating. I thought he was
fine. He called me last night.
>> Just hours before his death, the South
Carolina Senator had returned from this
trip to Ukraine, meeting with President
Zelenskyy.
>> I've never been more optimistic than I
am today.
That we have the formula to end this
war.
>> A two-decade veteran of the Senate who
also served in the House, he was the
last of a trio of Senate best friends
that included John McCain and Joe
Lieberman. They called themselves the
three amigos. Graham became known on
Capitol Hill for his quick wit, at times
fiery nature, and hawkish foreign policy
supporting wars in Iraq, Afghanistan,
and most recently Iran. During his
failed presidential bid in the 2016
race, Graham criticizing then candidate
Donald Trump.
>> I think he's a cook. I think he's crazy.
I think he's unfit for office.
>> He broke with the president in the hours
after the January 6th attack on the
Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020
election results.
>> I hate it to end this way. Oh my God, I
hate it. From my point of view, he's
been a consequential president. But
today,
first thing you'll see,
all I can say
is count me out. Enough is enough.
>> Within months, Graham said Trump was the
future of the GOP and championed his
political comeback.
>> Can we move forward uh
without President Trump? The answer is
no.
>> This morning, his Capitol Hill
colleagues remembering their friend.
>> Well, I don't know anyone who can fill
the shoes of Lindsey Graham.
>> Even many Democrats, from former
President Joe Biden to Delaware Senator
Chris Coons, who dined with Graham on
his 71st birthday.
>> Someone said to me, "How can you stand
Lindsey Graham?" And I said, "Well,
I love him like a brother, which means
when I fight with him, I want to kill
[laughter] him."
Um and they're awful and ugly fights.
And um yet when we work together and
when I see the good that he wants to do
for our country, I'm able to forgive
him. Uh and find the positives in him.
>> South Carolina's governor now must
appoint an interim senator to fill
Graham's role until the end of his term
in January, but Graham was also running
for re-election, so Republicans in his
state now must have a special primary in
just the next few weeks to fill his spot
on the ballot.
>> Okay.
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