BREAKING NEWS: Longtime South Carolina GOP Senator & Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies at 71

South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham passed away overnight at the age of 71. In a statement posted on X, his office confirmed he suffered from a “brief and sudden illness”. Graham served in the House of Representatives for 8 years before winning his Senate seat in 2002. Though he was critical of President Trump in 2016, he later became one of his fiercest allies and defenders in Congress. Graham had just returned from a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine on Friday where he met with President Zelenskyy.

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