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Updated · Fox News · Jul 12
Pundits Post 'Good Riddance' After Lindsey Graham Dies at 71
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jul 12

Pundits Post 'Good Riddance' After Lindsey Graham Dies at 71

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 12

Summary

  • Ana Kasparian and Nick Fuentes posted "good riddance" on Sunday after Lindsey Graham's office said the 71-year-old senator died Saturday evening following a brief and sudden illness.
  • Cenk Uygur mocked Graham's hawkish foreign-policy record, Steve Schmidt called him unprincipled in a Substack post, and Hasan Piker derided a tribute to his support for Israel.
  • Donald Trump called Graham "a true American Patriot," while Tim Scott, Nancy Mace and Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir praised his service and loyalty to South Carolina and Israel.
  • Graham had represented South Carolina in the Senate since 2003, served 33 years in the military, recently returned from Ukraine and was running for a fifth Senate term.

Insights

Does Graham's death signal a retreat from America's interventionist foreign policy as global alliances and military resources are strained?
With a key foreign policy hawk gone, will the U.S. lose its status as the main security guarantor in the Middle East?
How will Washington navigate its alliances as Ukraine emerges as a military power increasingly independent of U.S. support?