Careful what you wish for - younger conservatives have been crazier and have entered politics or grew up in an era where Trump was a politician. At least Graham and other remember a time when the government wasn't a completely corrupted personal project of the president.

Things can always get worse.

The writers dropping all those hints about Mitch was some incredible misdirection

Wonderful way to start the day! 🎊🥳🌈. It just gets better from here! I am curious what “brief and sudden illness” this could be? Well, and is it catching?

Maybe they fed his lifeforce to Mitch to keep him alive another year.

He died as a distraction

Maybe it’s like the notebook, they both die together, beautiful

I, for one, would welcome a two-for-one deal on dead Republicans today.

Was a man with heavy eyeliner seen leaving the premises?

I wonder if it's a bout of that explosive diarrhea causing parasite that's going around.

This needs to be considered. Loyalty only means you are a tool for them to use and throw away.

I genuinely do not want to start internet rumors so I'll say up front that I don't think there's enough evidence in the record to make a call.

But I think it looks fishy AF. A senator known to be hawkish on Russia, a country ruled by a regime known to use poisoning attacks against political enemies, dies of a "brief and sudden illness" right after visiting a country in which Russia is waging an open war. A senator who, rarely for Republicans, hasn't been willing to be as cosy with Russia as Trump wants to be. Russia had motive, and they may well have had opportunity.

I think he came down with Distractonitis, a rare disease that appears when a colleague of yours dies but it has to stay a secret.

Wasn't he touring a Ukrainian drone facility just the other day which just so happened to be bombed by Russia the other day too?

It's probably a great relief to them.

Lordy, I hope there are tapes.

What exactly do you mean? Show up for what?

Yeah, I found an anime about a chainsmoking cat.

Truth :(

Broken heart after Trump didn't invade Iran

Karma-itis

Keep in mind, they lie at every turn about every possible thing.

A Nascar driver recently died days after winning a race. Pneumonia leading to sepsis, he died within hours of becoming symptomatic.

And aside from a like, a heart attack, I can’t really think of one

You thought of one though. Also stroke, heart failure, pulmonary embolism, etc. Lots of things at his age.

Heart attack: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/12/lindsey-graham-key-ally-of-donald-trump-has-died-after-sudden-illness-his-office-says

Citing police scanner audio, the Washington Post newspaper reported that emergency medical services had received a call at about 8.30pm on Saturday regarding a person suffering chest pains at Graham’s home on Capitol Hill. About 25 minutes later, according to the Post, emergency personnel said CPR was in progress and a man was suffering cardiac arrest.

Unfortunately there are things that can come out of nowhere, even for younger people. It's not common, but still a bit scary to think about. You can be fine one day and suddenly if you don't notice the symptoms early enough... Septic shock is a big one. Stroke and heart issues are others.