Lindsey Graham Died Suddenly — Let's Remember The Good Times'If We Nominate Trump, We Will Get Destroyed.......and We Will Deserve It.'
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) passed away Saturday night at the age of 71 “from a brief and sudden illness,” according to his Senate office:
Graham’s passing was so shocking and sudden that he had already been booked for his 64th appearance on Meet the Press. While there will undoubtedly be people who (at times justifiably) will leap to hold Graham accountable for a great many things, we believe in respecting the dead and the grieving of their passing in the immediate aftermath. But rather than say nothing, let’s remember the times Lindsey Graham said what we were all thinking about Donald Trump. In 2016, Graham wrote “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.” He was wrong about the result politically, but right about the country. Graham also offered a regretful but strong “count me out” speech on the Senate floor on Jan. 7 after the Trump riots on Jan. 6 and said “Trump’s actions were the problem” at a press conference — before voting to acquit Trump at his impeachment trial. 
Then there was the time a “disgusted” Graham called Trump a “race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot.” 
And he had the kindest of words for President Joe Biden in 2020, even as Biden was running to beat Trump and Graham was allied with Trump. 
That moment was the basis for “Where’s Hunter?” author Hunter Biden’s gracious reaction to the news of Graham’s death:
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