Senator Lindsey Graham Dies Suddenly at 71
Well, this was definitely not on the weekend bingo card. Senator Lindsey Graham has passed away suddenly, just days after returning from a high-profile trip to Ukraine.
He literally just got back from hanging out with Volodymyr Zelensky, touring drone factories, and doing his usual hawk-diplomacy thing. He even celebrated his 71st birthday two days prior.
Then, boom. Saturday night, he got hit with a brief and sudden illness and passed away. He was scheduled to do the Sunday morning talk show rounds on Meet the Press. Instead, Donald Trump ended up filling the airtime, mentioning he'd just spoken to Graham on Saturday. Trump said the senator seemed totally fine, just tired from the long trip.
Now, South Carolina has to scramble. Graham had already secured his spot on the ballot by winning the Republican primary, meaning the state now has to host a chaotic emergency primary just to figure out who gets his slot.
The political landscape of South Carolina—and the Senate's foreign policy wing—just got thrown into absolute chaos over a single weekend.
Source: CBS News
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