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'''Lindsey Olin Graham''', born (July 9, 1955 – July 11, 2026) (aged 71), also known as '''Ladybug''', was the senior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from the state of [[South Carolina]]. He was a member of the [[Republican Party]] and a liberal [[RINO]] on some issues.  On December 21, 2015, he withdrew his bid for the [[2016 presidential election|Republican 2016 presidential nomination]]. After his unexpected death from a heart-related issue, his sister Darline Graham won the [[Republican]] nomination for his seat in August 2026, but is struggling in polls as of September 27 to win the seat.

'''Lindsey Olin Graham''', born (July 9, 1955 – July 11, 2026) (aged 71), also known as '''Ladybug''', was the senior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from the state of [[South Carolina]]. He was a member of the [[Republican Party]] and a liberal [[RINO]] on some issues.  On December 21, 2015, he withdrew his bid for the [[2016 presidential election|Republican 2016 presidential nomination]]. After his unexpected death from a heart-related issue, his sister Darline Graham won the [[Republican]] nomination for his seat in August 2026, but is struggling in polls as of September 27 to win the seat.

Graham was a [[neocon]] [[warmonger]] and [[Trump-Russia hoax]]er.<ref>https://t.me/llordofwar/535557</ref> Graham famously requested an $800,000 reimbursement for a 3 day stay at the Renaissance Hotel in [[Kyiv]] on an official visit to meet with [[Ukrainian]] [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]].<ref>https://deepnewz.com/ukraine/senators-graham-blumenthal-visit-kyiv-before-ukraine-drone-strike-on-russia-bill-cf3f7a15</ref>

Graham was a [[neocon]] [[warmonger]] and [[Trump-Russia hoax]]er.<ref>https://t.me/llordofwar/535557</ref> Graham famously requested an $800,000 reimbursement for a 3-day stay at the Renaissance Hotel in [[Kyiv]] on an official visit to meet with [[Ukrainian]] [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]].<ref>https://deepnewz.com/ukraine/senators-graham-blumenthal-visit-kyiv-before-ukraine-drone-strike-on-russia-bill-cf3f7a15</ref>

Graham was a media-pandering [[liberal]] until election time, or when he hoped to be picked as [[Trump]]'s vice president. It could be a bad sign when Graham praised a [[Republican]] nominee, and conversely a good sign when Graham opposed one. Despite continuing to hold to his [[RINO]] positions, he belatedly became more supportive of [[conservative]] President [[Donald Trump]] when Graham faced reelection against a conservative primary challenger in 2020 and a heavily funded [[Democrat]] in the general election, [[Jaime Harrison]].  Graham was up for reelection in 2026 and [[Republican]]s should have a more [[conservative]] senator representing the people of [[South Carolina]].

Graham was a media-pandering [[liberal]] until election time, or when he hoped to be picked as [[Trump]]'s vice president. It could be a bad sign when Graham praised a [[Republican]] nominee, and conversely a good sign when Graham opposed one. Despite continuing to hold to his [[RINO]] positions, he belatedly became more supportive of [[conservative]] President [[Donald Trump]] when Graham faced reelection against a conservative primary challenger in 2020 and a heavily funded [[Democrat]] in the general election, [[Jaime Harrison]].  Graham was up for reelection in 2026 and [[Republican]]s should have a more [[conservative]] senator representing the people of [[South Carolina]].

Often appearing on national [[television]] drunk,<ref>https://youtu.be/Xnsc3FH6tTA?t=1285</ref> Sen. Graham was booed for six straight minutes by a massive crowd of 50,000 [[MAGA]] supporters when he attended a [[Trump]] rally on July 1, 2024 in Pinkens, [[South Carolina]], near his hometown.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lindsey-graham-booed-in-his-own-backyard-by-maga-crowd/ar-AA1djcO7</ref>  The [[liberal media]], to whom Graham pandered, was dismayed and pretended not to understand why.

Often appearing on national [[television]] drunk,<ref>https://youtu.be/Xnsc3FH6tTA?t=1285</ref> Sen. Graham was booed for six straight minutes by a massive crowd of 50,000 [[MAGA]] supporters when he attended a [[Trump]] rally on July 1, 2024, in Pinkens, [[South Carolina]], near his hometown.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lindsey-graham-booed-in-his-own-backyard-by-maga-crowd/ar-AA1djcO7</ref>  The [[liberal media]], to whom Graham pandered, was dismayed and pretended not to understand why.

Greenville businessman [[Mark Lynch]] had declared his intention to challenge Graham in the 2026 primary.<ref>https://stonezone.com/mark-lynch-vs-lindsey-graham/</ref> However, he was defeated by Graham.

Greenville businessman [[Mark Lynch]] had declared his intention to challenge Graham in the 2026 primary.<ref>https://stonezone.com/mark-lynch-vs-lindsey-graham/</ref> However, he was defeated by Graham.

==Biography==

==Biography==

A native South Carolinian, Graham grew up in Central, graduated from D.W. Daniel High School, and earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Graham logged six-and-a-half years of service on active duty as an [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] lawyer. From 1984–1988, he was assigned overseas and served at Rhein Mein Air Force Base in Germany. Upon leaving the active-duty Air Force in 1989, Graham joined the South Carolina Air National Guard where he served until his election to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in 1994. During the first [[Gulf War]], Graham was called to active duty and served state-side at McEntire Air National Guard Base as Staff Judge Advocate where he prepared members for deployment to the Gulf region. His duties included briefing pilots on the law of armed conflict, preparing legal documents for deploying troops, and providing legal services for family members of the South Carolina Air National Guard. He received a commendation medal for his service at McEntire.

A native South Carolinian, Graham grew up in Central, graduated from D.W. Daniel High School, and earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Graham logged six-and-a-half years of service on active duty as an [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] lawyer. From 1984 to 1988, he was assigned overseas and served at Rhein Mein Air Force Base in Germany. Upon leaving the active-duty Air Force in 1989, Graham joined the South Carolina Air National Guard where he served until his election to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in 1994. During the first [[Gulf War]], Graham was called to active duty and served state-side at McEntire Air National Guard Base as Staff Judge Advocate where he prepared members for deployment to the Gulf region. His duties included briefing pilots on the law of armed conflict, preparing legal documents for deploying troops, and providing legal services for family members of the South Carolina Air National Guard. He received a commendation medal for his service at McEntire.

Since 1995, Graham had continued to serve his country in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and was the only U.S. Senator currently serving in the Guard or Reserves. He was a colonel and was assigned as a Senior Instructor at the Air Force JAG School.

Since 1995, Graham had continued to serve his country in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and was the only U.S. Senator currently serving in the Guard or Reserves. He was a colonel and was assigned as a Senior Instructor at the Air Force JAG School.

====Ukraine warmonger====

====Ukraine warmonger====

{{See also|Maidan coup#U.S.-backed Maidan riots|Donbas war|NATO war in Ukraine|2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive}}

{{See also|Maidan coup#U.S.-backed Maidan riots|Donbas war|NATO war in Ukraine|2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive}}

[[File:Dec 2016.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Standing: Sens. [[Amy Klobuchar]] and [[John McCain]], Ukraine President [[Petro Poroshenko]], and Lindsey Graham. Kneeling: [[Azov battalion]] nazi and [[J6 protests|J6 protest]] [[provocateur]] [[Sergai Dybynyn]]. Photo: December 31, 2016 in Kiev.<ref>https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1698518761194602634</ref>]]

[[File:Dec 2016.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Standing: Sens. [[Amy Klobuchar]] and [[John McCain]], Ukraine President [[Petro Poroshenko]], and Lindsey Graham. Kneeling: [[Azov battalion]] Nazi and [[J6 protests|J6 protest]] [[provocateur]] [[Sergai Dybynyn]]. Photo: December 31, 2016 in Kiev.<ref>https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1698518761194602634</ref>]]

In a meeting with the Ukrainian [[neo-Nazi]] [[Azov Battalion]] three weeks before [[Barack Obama]] left office, while [[John Brennan]], [[Peter Strzok]], and [[James Comey]] were busy at work concocting the "insurance policy" to frame up [[President-elect Donald Trump]] on bogus "[[Russia collusion]]" charges, Graham told the nazi fighters, "your fight is our fight" and "2017 will be the year of offense."<ref>https://youtu.be/DbhAnHu-4f8</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-mccain/senator-mccain-says-u-s-must-stand-up-to-vladimir-putin-idUSKBN14L0OR</ref> After Donald Trump was sworn in however, President Trump resisted efforts by the [[Deep State]] to go to war with [[Russia]] using the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] as a [[proxy war|proxy force]]. When the [[Mueller investigation]] failed to produce any evidence of Trump collusion with Russia, [[neocon]] deep staters [[Impeachment 1.0|impeached President Trump]] for withholding [[Ukraine aid]].

In a meeting with the Ukrainian [[neo-Nazi]] [[Azov Battalion]] three weeks before [[Barack Obama]] left office, while [[John Brennan]], [[Peter Strzok]], and [[James Comey]] were busy at work concocting the "insurance policy" to frame up [[President-elect Donald Trump]] on bogus "[[Russia collusion]]" charges, Graham told the Nazi fighters, "your fight is our fight" and "2017 will be the year of offense."<ref>https://youtu.be/DbhAnHu-4f8</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-mccain/senator-mccain-says-u-s-must-stand-up-to-vladimir-putin-idUSKBN14L0OR</ref> After Donald Trump was sworn in however, President Trump resisted efforts by the [[Deep State]] to go to war with [[Russia]] using the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] as a [[proxy war|proxy force]]. When the [[Mueller investigation]] failed to produce any evidence of Trump collusion with Russia, [[neocon]] deep staters [[Impeachment 1.0|impeached President Trump]] for withholding [[Ukraine aid]].

The [[Russian Investigative Committee]], the nation's highest [[law enforcement]] agency, opened a [[criminal]] investigation into Graham after comments Graham made while visiting [[fascist]] [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] in [[Ukraine]]. The comments, considered [[hate speech]], sparked widespread outrage in [[Russia]].<ref>[https://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=2023+Graham+comments+sparked+widespread+outrage+in+Russia&d=4192955546738&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=8wLLsMmHd2RVq5HCMMzr8WVY9O9gtbX_ Russia condemns U.S. Senator Graham's comments on the death of Russians An arrest warrant was issued for Graham.] ''Reuters'', May 28, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/05/29/russia-issues-arrest-warrant-for-lindsey-graham-1363308/ Russia issues arrest warrant for Lindsey Graham], May 29, 2023, Ailan Evans</ref>  Since the [[Operation Barbarossa|Nazi invasion of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia]] in 1941, in which 27 million Russian and [[Soviet]] peoples, mostly civilians, were exterminated by [[Nazi Germany]] with the assistance of its [[Western alliance|Western]] and [[Banderite]] collaborators,<ref>[https://youtu.be/NpY6WUscois Russophobia in the Third Reich], New Normal Chronicles, Feb 2, 2023.</ref> Russia has had some of the strictest anti-hate speech laws on the planet that give aid and comfort to the enemy.

The [[Russian Investigative Committee]], the nation's highest [[law enforcement]] agency, opened a [[criminal]] investigation into Graham after comments Graham made while visiting [[fascist]] [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] in [[Ukraine]]. The comments, considered [[hate speech]], sparked widespread outrage in [[Russia]].<ref>[https://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=2023+Graham+comments+sparked+widespread+outrage+in+Russia&d=4192955546738&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=8wLLsMmHd2RVq5HCMMzr8WVY9O9gtbX_ Russia condemns U.S. Senator Graham's comments on the death of Russians An arrest warrant was issued for Graham.] ''Reuters'', May 28, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/05/29/russia-issues-arrest-warrant-for-lindsey-graham-1363308/ Russia issues arrest warrant for Lindsey Graham], May 29, 2023, Ailan Evans</ref>  Since the [[Operation Barbarossa|Nazi invasion of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia]] in 1941, in which 27 million Russian and [[Soviet]] peoples, mostly civilians, were exterminated by [[Nazi Germany]] with the assistance of its [[Western alliance|Western]] and [[Banderite]] collaborators,<ref>[https://youtu.be/NpY6WUscois Russophobia in the Third Reich], New Normal Chronicles, Feb 2, 2023.</ref> Russia has had some of the strictest anti-hate speech laws on the planet that give aid and comfort to the enemy.

Ever the cocky [[beta male]], Graham had the audacity to say out loud that he was pleased with Ukrainian's willingness to "fight to the last person" as U.S. proxies<ref>https://youtu.be/cGj-cHyEhPs</ref> and publicly called for the murder and assassination of the [[head of state]] of the [[Russian Federation]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/04/republicans-slam-lindsey-graham-calling-assassination-vladimir-putin/ Republicans Slam Lindsey Graham After Calling For The Assassination Of Putin], HENRY RODGERS, ''Daily Caller'', March 04, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-marjorie-taylor-greene-jen-psaki-united-states-44025ad2591b57a77923622fb8e2da00 White House disavows Graham’s call for Putin assassination], By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ''Associated Press'', March 4, 2022</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/19/lindsey-graham-comments-dangerous-vladimir-putin-assassination/7065075001/ Lindsey Graham called for Putin's assassination. Even discussing it brings danger to US, experts say.] Grace Hauck, ''USA TODAY'', March 19, 2022.</ref> At least 73,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the ill-planned, unprepared, ill-trained, ill-timed, ill-equipped and ultimately ill-fated disaster that was the 2023 counteroffensive - a plan which Graham called "impressive."<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2023/05/30/ukraines-counteroffensive-plan-impressive-sen-graham-says-00099230</ref> Ukraine actually lost more territory while Russia gained more.

Ever the cocky [[beta male]], Graham had the audacity to say out loud that he was pleased with Ukrainian's willingness to "fight to the last person" as U.S. proxies<ref>https://youtu.be/cGj-cHyEhPs</ref> and publicly called for the murder and assassination of the [[head of state]] of the [[Russian Federation]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/04/republicans-slam-lindsey-graham-calling-assassination-vladimir-putin/ Republicans Slam Lindsey Graham After Calling For The Assassination Of Putin], HENRY RODGERS, ''Daily Caller'', March 04, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-marjorie-taylor-greene-jen-psaki-united-states-44025ad2591b57a77923622fb8e2da00 White House disavows Graham’s call for Putin assassination], By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ''Associated Press'', March 4, 2022</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/19/lindsey-graham-comments-dangerous-vladimir-putin-assassination/7065075001/ Lindsey Graham called for Putin's assassination. Even discussing it brings danger to US, experts say.] Grace Hauck, ''USA TODAY'', March 19, 2022.</ref> At least 73,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the ill-planned, unprepared, ill-trained, ill-timed, ill-equipped and ultimately ill-fated disaster that was the 2023 counteroffensive - a plan which Graham called "impressive."<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2023/05/30/ukraines-counteroffensive-plan-impressive-sen-graham-says-00099230</ref> Ukraine actually lost more territory while Russia gained more.

On [[CBS]] ''[[Face the Nation]]'' on June 9, 2024 Graham explained why he was such an ardent [[warmonger]] and excited about exterminating the adult [[male]] population of Ukraine,<ref>[https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.MA.ZS?locations=UA Population, male (% of total population) - Ukraine]. World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.</ref> stating that Ukraine sat on $10-12 trillion of [[mineral]] wealth that [[Western alliance|Western]] [[oligarchs]] and investors wanted to plunder.<ref>[https://rumble.com/v50owkz-lindsey-graham-ukraine-has-trillions-of-dollars-worth-of-critical-minerals-.html Lindsey Graham: Ukraine has trillions of dollars worth of critical minerals in their country], June 9, 2024.</ref> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] responded that $10-12 trillion in Ukrainian mineral resources and wealth would wipe out one third of the [[US national debt]].<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/petrodollar-dead-rumors-swirl-as Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responds to Lindsey Graham], June 14, 2024.</ref>

On [[CBS]] ''[[Face the Nation]]'' on June 9, 2024, Graham explained why he was such an ardent [[warmonger]] and excited about exterminating the adult [[male]] population of Ukraine,<ref>[https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.MA.ZS?locations=UA Population, male (% of total population) - Ukraine]. World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.</ref> stating that Ukraine sat on $10–12 trillion of [[mineral]] wealth that [[Western alliance|Western]] [[oligarchs]] and investors wanted to plunder.<ref>[https://rumble.com/v50owkz-lindsey-graham-ukraine-has-trillions-of-dollars-worth-of-critical-minerals-.html Lindsey Graham: Ukraine has trillions of dollars worth of critical minerals in their country], June 9, 2024.</ref> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] responded that $10–12 trillion in Ukrainian mineral resources and wealth would wipe out one third of the [[US national debt]].<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/petrodollar-dead-rumors-swirl-as Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responds to Lindsey Graham], June 14, 2024.</ref>

==Legacy==

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