{"id":3565,"date":"2026-07-13T15:32:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3565"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:32:04","slug":"trump-ally-longtime-us-senator-lindsey-graham-dies-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3565","title":{"rendered":"Trump Ally, longtime US Senator Lindsey Graham dies at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prominent US Senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday aged 71 following a \u201cbrief and sudden illness,\u201d his office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness,\u201d the Republican senator from South Carolina\u2019s office said in a statement on his official X account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Burna Boy - Higher [Official Music Video]\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eKzmRnetw-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSenator Graham\u2019s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham was first elected to the US House of Representatives in 1994, before being elected to the Senate in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was later re-elected to the Senate in 2008, 2014 and 2020 and most recently served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster described Graham as \u201cirreplaceable\u201d in a post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe fiercest of fighters for South Carolina and America \u2014 and a loyal and steadfast friend,\u201d McMaster said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham was also a strong supporter of Israel and a hawkish backer of the Iran war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli President Isaac Herzog said the news of Graham\u2019s death left him \u201cshocked and heartbroken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSenator Graham was a beacon of moral clarity and a true leader of the U.S.-Israel partnership,\u201d he said in a post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will never forget how he stood by the people of Israel in our most difficult moments, and we will remain eternally grateful for his sense of justice, truth, and loyalty,\u201d Herzog said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe people of Israel mourn his loss, and I will miss my great friend very dearly.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2026\/07\/12\/trump-ally-longtime-us-senator-lindsey-graham-dies-at-71\/\">(Channels)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prominent US Senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday aged 71 following a \u201cbrief and sudden illness,\u201d his office said. \u201cOn the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness,\u201d the Republican senator from South Carolina\u2019s office said in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[55,3649,2480,52,3647,495,3648,57],"class_list":["post-3565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign","tag-donald-trump","tag-henry-mcmaster","tag-isaac-herzog","tag-israel","tag-lindsey-graham","tag-senate","tag-south-carolina","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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