Sen. Lindsey Graham, known for his passionate advocacy of Big Pharma, Israel, and the military industrial complex, has died after a “brief and sudden illness” following his fourteenth COVID-19 booster. He was 71.
The South Carolina senator famously pushed the establishment narrative during the pandemic, amplifying Bill Gates’ fear mongering. Graham told constituents that until they submitted to the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, their lives would not get back to normal.
He later received 14 COVID boosters while remaining one of Big Pharma’s’ most highly paid representatives in Congress.
Vaccine advocacy was only one string to Graham’s bow.
America’s most extreme warhawk, Graham was one of the most influential figures in Washington on foreign affairs and he advised Trump on matters such as the Iran war and Russia.
Graham had just been in Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the senator visited his country 10 times during the years since Russia invaded in February 2022. “Lindsey was a true defender of freedom and the values that make our world safer,” Zelenskyy said.
He was also one of the chief backers of Trump’s war in Iran, having advocated for years for a direct confrontation between Washington and Tehran. Graham continued to defend Trump this summer even as many of fellow Republicans questioned a tentative June ceasefire agreement that they worried could send billions of dollars to Iran.
“I’d rather try diplomacy than take it off the table,” Graham said of Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran.
Graham’s travels made him a familiar face to dozens of world leaders.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Graham understood that the security of Israel and the United States was inseparable.
“Israel has lost one of its greatest friends. America has lost a great patriot. I have lost a beloved friend,” Netanyahu said.