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Lindsey Graham sacrificed his reputation to Donald Trump. He got plenty in return.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) holds up a hat that reads "Trump 2028" during an event at the Kennedy Center on August 13, 2025, in Washington, DC. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died suddenly over the weekend, his office announced on Sunday, and the political world is processing his legacy earlier than it ever expected to. More than perhaps any senator — even the currently ailing Mitch McConnell — Graham embodied the transition from an older era of the Republican Party and Washington politics to the Trump era we live in now. Graham was famously a vocal critic o...