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What we know about longtime Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden death and legacy 50%
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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