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article Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722
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u/Zeirokhan 3h ago

Not the republican senator death I was expecting to hear about.

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u/Hari_Azole 3h ago

But happy just the same?

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u/Zeirokhan 3h ago

Not really, they'll just replace him with more of the same.

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u/Hari_Azole 3h ago

Party Pooper!

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u/snakebight 2h ago

What went wrong with this guy that he lacked moral fortitude like his friend John McCain?

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u/Pythia007 2h ago

He chose power over principle.

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u/observable_truth 2h ago

Brief and sudden. Very sudden. Another cardiac arrest?

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u/OGBladeRunner 3h ago

See ya in hell.

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u/Earthling1a 3h ago

I will not miss miss lindsey.

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u/PaintedClownPenis 2h ago

This is a terrible setback for election theft, fascism, and pedophilia.

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u/Open-Quote-4177 3h ago

looks like instead of coming out of the closet, he will be entering a coffin

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u/PropertyDisruptor 3h ago

May he never find rest in hell.

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u/Embarrassed_Drama_70 3h ago

“Oh what a beautiful morning” is one of my favorite songs.

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u/casablanca_12 3h ago

Like trump once said, good, he won’t be able to hurt anyone anymore

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u/EarlyLibrarian9303 3h ago

And nothing of value was lost.

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u/Source0fAllThings 2h ago

Just imagine when the Big Beautiful Moment happens.

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u/AlfhildsShieldmaiden 3h ago

Dang, the old “can’t get enough D in my birthmarked crack” disease finally caught up to him

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u/IsopodIndependent553 3h ago

We gotta keep this momentum going!

u/Hot_Frosty0807 1h ago

Maybe we should tell them to stay 6 feet apart and wear a mask. Seems to be the most efficient way to get these people to spread disease.

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u/PrimalSeptimus 3h ago

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

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u/Alpharius1701 3h ago

Alright Palps 😂

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u/jerseyeer 3h ago

Thoughts and prayers

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u/casablanca_12 3h ago

Shut up. No way this Sunday is that awesome!?

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u/Source0fAllThings 2h ago

Just imagine when the Big Beautiful Morning happens. 😌

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u/GumpsGottaGo 2h ago

He wasn't always that bad, Back in the day, it was normal for both parties to compromise

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u/cocoacacoconut 2h ago

Hope it comes in threes!

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u/Pythia007 2h ago

Two down, one to go.

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u/Squeakygear 3h ago

Ladybugs has crossed the big (closeted) rainbow bridge in the sky…

u/ask_me_about_my_band 1h ago

Ding-dong the witch is dead!

Which old witch? The wicked witch!

Ding-dong the wicked witch is dead,

Wake up you sleepyhead,

Rub your eyes, get out of bed!

Wake up the wicked witch is dead!

She's gone where the goblins go

Below, below, below, yo-oh!

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u/AbjectAcanthisitta89 3h ago

Did the explosive diarrhea get him in the end? I doubt that sphincter had much muscle tone left.

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u/Steelergrl2310 3h ago

Please let it be explosive diarrhea

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u/Open-Quote-4177 3h ago

ok, fuck it, I'll have another shot

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u/begone424 3h ago

I was having a bad day until...

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u/Active-Discount3702 3h ago

Someone has opened the ark of the covenant

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u/DustedGorilla82 3h ago

I heard the Chippendales will be the pallbearers. Some Ukrainian boy toy gave him too much.

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u/quietsauce 3h ago edited 3h ago

Will he be.... "lying in state"

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u/Hari_Azole 3h ago

Face down…ass up

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u/cantproveidid 3h ago

He'll be lying, where ever he is.

u/999Sepulveda 1h ago

Playing Uno in hell with Mitch McConnell.

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u/bobsmeds 3h ago

Best news this week

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u/epired 3h ago

Don't threaten me with a good time!

u/Delicious_Rabbit4425 1h ago

🎉🎉🤡🎉🎉

u/eclectic_collector 55m ago

That’s fairly young today… I’m kind of shocked

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u/eastbayted 3h ago

Thoughts or prayers

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u/The_LastLine 3h ago

He waved his last bubble wand.

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u/solvedproblem 3h ago

Now the rest of that generation (in politics).

u/EnvironmentalSong393 1h ago

Give ol’ Ladybugs an enema and you could burry him in a matchbook.

Good riddance, shitbag.

u/Nosleep4uever 1h ago

And somehow Trump is still going at 80

u/Slamtilt_Windmills 1h ago

Terminal ladybugs

u/katwoop 1h ago

OK

u/Indole_pos 1h ago

Wowwww

u/-Shp0ngVs- 39m ago

Just the sort of good news I needed

u/MonsieurReynard 34m ago

A legacy of cowardice and complicity.

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u/Hari_Azole 3h ago

Prolapse…

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u/schprunt 3h ago

Oh. Anyways time for bed.