Lindsey Graham was scheduled to appear Sunday morning on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” It would have been the South Carolina senator’s 64th appearance on the broadcast. Instead, he died Saturday night of a “brief and sudden illness,” according to a statement from his office, just four days after turning 71. When aides urged him to seek medical attention Saturday evening, Graham reportedly said he would wait until after his appearance the next morning. He never made it.
The remarkable thing about Graham’s death was how quickly the ordinary uncertainty that follows a sudden passing was immediately framed by some on the right as proof of suspicious activity — speculation that was not helped by FBI Director Kash Patel.
