Sen. Lindsey Graham preliminary cause of death revealed
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a prominent Republican from South Carolina who served in the Senate for more than two decades, died after suffering an aortic rupture, his office said Sunday.
Graham died unexpectedly on Saturday night, shortly after returning to Washington after a trip to Ukraine, according to a statement from his office.
In a statement, he spokesman A preliminary report by the District of Columbia medical examiner found that the 71-year-old senator died of aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. With aortic dissection, a tear occurs in the aortic wall.
Accordingly Mayo Clinic, Aortic dissection is not very common, and its symptoms may be mistakenly attributed to other health conditions. It usually affects men in their 60s and 70s. If blood from the dissection spills out of the artery, the condition is often fatal.
Graham, a former military lawyer who rose to the rank of colonel in the Air Force, ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Graham, who was initially a harsh and vocal critic of then-candidate Donald Trump during the election, became one of the president’s staunchest allies after Trump’s election.
“Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest men and Senators I have ever known, has died!” Trump made a post on the social media platform Truth on Sunday. “He was always working and a true American Patriot.”
Graham was known as a C student in high school and was the first member of his family to attend college. His mother died while he was studying at the University of South Carolina, and his father died of a heart attack during Graham’s first semester of law school.
He served as a trial attorney in the Air Force and eventually became chief prosecutor of Air Forces Europe.
He was first elected to serve as a South Carolina senator in November 2002.
Vice President J.D. Vance described Graham as one of the most powerful lawmakers in a social media post about
Later that day, he wrote in his post that Graham defended the railroad bill that Vance supported.
“That was Lindsey Graham,” he said. wrote. “He fought like hell for what he believed in and was just as willing to fight for you when necessary.”
Graham was scheduled to appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday to discuss his trip to Ukraine. Instead, President Trump appeared in his place and said the senator was “like a member of the family.”
Trump called into several news programs on Sunday to discuss Graham’s death and said he spoke with Graham on Saturday evening.
Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper that the South Carolina senator said he was “tired.”
