R.I.P. Sen. Lindsey Graham

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
About the passing of Lindsey Graham. I mean, this was kind of out of nowhere. And I know there's a lot of conspiracy theorists. Well, did Russia poison him? He just left from Ukraine. That sounds like a Putin thing.
My aunt, who was the picture of perfect health, died this exact same way.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:19)
Oh, no, you're kidding.

**SPEAKER_1** (0:20)
Very skinny woman, Anne, Anne Herald, very skinny young lady, happened to have a heart condition that was worse than she thought and had that aortic catastrophe and boom, it's an instant killer. And that is what allegedly killed Lindsey Graham.
It was an aortic dissection caused by cardiovascular disease, according to preliminary findings from Washington, D.C.'s medical examiner team.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:53)
It's not a completely out of the realm of possibility that that's just, I mean, that happens sometimes when you're that age, and when you are 71 Although I would say being one of the most 100 powerful people in the country, I, it seems like you would know more about the status of some of the stuff going on inside your body. I'm not saying, like, I'm not blaming anybody. I'm not saying he ignored things. I'm just saying, wow, this popped up out of nowhere.

**SPEAKER_1** (1:26)
Right.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:26)
But you're telling me this is this is not exactly out of the ordinary.

**SPEAKER_1** (1:31)
Right. Now, when it took the life of my aunt, you're right. She didn't have the medical advantages a sitting United States senator had. Truth be told, I don't know if she ever went to the doctor, but it's just something that came on. She wasn't fat. She wasn't obese. If anything, she was a rail, just a picture of perfect health for an older woman, you would think. And then just you get the phone call the next day, and then they do the autopsy and you're like, Oh, my God. So when I heard about Lindsey Graham and then ultimately these preliminary findings, that's the first thing I thought of. I know the Laura Loomers of the world are going to say that this has something to do with Putin and Russia because he was over in Ukraine. Look, maybe, but I'm also saying it's not out of the realm of possibility that the preliminary findings are spot on here, too.
I think, say what you want about Graham Nasty, Lindsey Graham.
Some people liked him. Some people hated him. Some Republicans liked him. Some Republicans hated him. But I think his finest moment, and this is how I want to choose to remember the senator from South Carolina, is being the guy of all the blowhard senators that are out there. The one guy that had had enough crap with the way Brett Kavanaugh is being treated in his confirmation hearing.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:54)
If you wanted an FBI investigation, you could have come to us. What you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open, and hope you win in 2020 You've said that, not me. You've got nothing to apologize for.
When you see Sotomayor and Kagan, tell them that Lindsey said all of them, because I voted for them. I would never do to them what you've done to this guy. This is the most unethical sham since I've been in politics. And if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn't have done what you've done to this guy. I cannot imagine what you and your family have gone through. Boy, y'all want power. God, I hope you never get it. I hope the American people can see through this sham.
You're looking for a fair process. You came to the wrong town at the wrong time, my friend.

**SPEAKER_1** (3:50)
I felt like that was the turning point in the Cavanaugh hearings.

**SPEAKER_2** (3:54)
I forgot about that.

**SPEAKER_1** (3:56)
Like Graham nasty, kind of this southern accent, but it's kind of a high pitch voice. And, you know, he tries to be a fake tough guy from time to time. But that was the best speech that anybody gave. That was the best statement that anybody gave. And he had just had enough.
And for that, I'll always remember him.

**SPEAKER_2** (4:17)
The guy grew up dirt poor, by the way. It's not like he came from money or anything. I think he was orphaned when he was young and adopted his sister and served in the military for three decades.

**SPEAKER_1** (4:31)
One of the things that I've seen over the weekend is the, quote, peaceful, tolerant left doing another victory lap here.

**SPEAKER_2** (4:40)
Victory lap?

**SPEAKER_1** (4:41)
Victory lap. Oh, yeah.
Total victory lap. Just like when Charlie Kirk was murdered, you had that lunatic teacher from, I think, the Chicago area holding up the gun sign to her neck. And business owners here in Indianapolis celebrating. Same thing with the death of the health care worker, like the, quote, unquote, peaceful and tolerant left have become the party of assassination and death cult. This is liberal, and I'm using air quotes, comedian Margaret Cho celebrating the death of Lindsey Graham, while also wishing that Mitch McConnell and Trump would be next.