Lindsey Graham brushed off an urgent plea to seek medical help with a chilling joke just hours before his sudden death on Saturday night, inadvertently fuelling a firestorm of foul play speculation from MAGA loyalists pointing fingers at Russia.
The news came after the senator from South Carolina celebrated his 71st birthday and returned from a gruelling trip to Ukraine. Emergency responders rushed to his Capitol Hill residence following a report of cardiac arrest at approximately 8.30 pm, according to police scanner audio acquired by NBC News. His office later described his passing as the result of a brief and sudden illness.
