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Lindsey Graham, is dead. Reports say the Senator suffered a short illness before his death that sent him to hell, joining his old compatriots John McCain and Dick Cheney

The Debrief – July 12, 2026

America’s most notorious war hawk, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, is dead. Reports say the Senator suffered a short illness before his death that sent him to hell, joining his old compatriots John McCain and Dick Cheney. 

Throughout the week, we will likely hear from establishment political figures about how Graham was a statesman who helped to guide the Republican Party in a sensible direction. However, the Senator should be remembered for the tens of millions of deaths he supported and celebrated. 

From South America to the Middle East, from East Asia to Eastern Europe, Graham encouraged every potential US war. Often, he complained that Washington was not aggressive enough, did not destroy enough, and did not kill enough people. 

Graham, who has been in Congress since 1995, never changed his views on wars despite every American conflict during his tenure weakening the nation. Even in his final days, he was pressing President Donald Trump to escalate the war against Iran and touring weapons production plants in Ukraine. 

Graham voted for the Afghan War. After two decades of failure in Central Asia, the Senator suggested that rather than exit the country, the US military should make its occupation permanent. 

Graham voted for the Iraq War. During the Barack Obama administration, he consistently whined that the President was too weak and should be more willing to go to war. 

When Trump first emerged on the political scene, he told the American people that he would end wars and pledged not to start new conflicts. The President even suggested he could pull the US out of NATO and advocate for a more balanced approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict. 

At that time, Graham was among the “Never-Trump” neoconservatives. It wasn’t until Trump proved all the talk of peace was just rhetoric that Graham put on his MAGA hat. 

Graham is dead, and the country is better off. 

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