For decades Lindsey Graham traveled the globe selling a vision of the United States as a nation willing to use its military might to protect democracies around the world, even as his party was taken over by a president openly skeptical of that worldview.
Graham — who died unexpectedly at 71 on Saturday night — was a rare bridge between President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy and the traditional Washington consensus prioritizing alliances with Europe and Israel, one falling out of favor with many in both political parties.
With that idea of the U.S., Graham remained a staunch defender of Ukraine to the end, even as Trump’s commitment wavered. Graham represented South Carolina in the House and Senate for more than three decades. He died after what a preliminary report from the Washington, D.C., medical examiner’s office said was a tear in his aorta. The senator’s death triggered praise from leaders and diplomats around the world and condemnation from Iran and other countries where he’d agitated for military action.
Yeah, Graham was a staunch 'Trump ally', but he was also a longtime neocon and a staple in South Carolina where he won his re-election bids with ease. Granted his death was pretty sudden (which is leading to a lot of idiot conspiracy theories) and while many ghouls on the Left are celebrating his death, conservatives will remember him most for vigorously supporting now-Supreme Court Justice Kavanaigh during his hearings and being a true Patriot. Either way prayers for his loved ones and family.
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