‘He died doing the work he was born to do,’ Trump says as political leaders honor Republican US senator
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World leaders and senior political figures convened in Washington for the memorial of the long-serving US senator Lindsey Graham, remembering the “swashbuckling” South Carolina Republican “a true American original” whose embrace of “America First” never softened his advocacy for a staunch interventionist US foreign policy.
Prominent Republicans paid tribute to Graham, a polarizing figure and onetime rival turned stalwart ally of Donald Trump who championed the US-Israel war on Iran. He was a prominent voice in the anti-abortion movement and a unwavering supporter of Israel, serving as one of Capitol Hill’s most outspoken foreign policy hawks.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/lindsey-graham-capitol-memorial
Author : Lucy Campbell and Guardian staff in Washington
Publish date : 2026-07-28 19:02:00
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