„I can’t die now. I still need to impose sanctions on Russia, deal with Iran, and fix relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia,“ joked L. Graham.
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According to the source, the senator complained of feeling unwell, and when the interlocutor insisted that he seek medical help immediately, L. Graham replied that he would do so on Sunday morning [he died on Saturday evening, July 11] after participating in the NBC show “Meet the Press”.
As Axios writes, before his death the senator spoke on the phone with US President Donald Trump and talked about his recent trip to Ukraine, as well as about the sanctions on Russia bill that he wanted to present for a vote in the Senate soon.
In turn, D. Trump informed L. Graham that he was preparing to launch new strikes on Iran after another attack on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
New US sanctions on Russia may fail
As the Politico portal writes, after L. Graham’s death, the introduction of new US sanctions against aggressive Russia became uncertain. The article’s author recalls that the senator returned to Washington from Ukraine, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelensky and announced that an agreement had been reached with the White House on a new version of the sanctions bill against Russia.
Now L. Graham’s allies could unite on this issue to adopt a package of measures in memory of the senator, notes Politico. However, this initiative may remain in limbo, the portal states. Its main supporter on Capitol Hill has died, and the second most important supporter Mitch McConnell is also absent.
On July 11, The Guardian wrote that uncertainties about Republican Senator M. McConnell’s health are growing as the US Congress returns from vacation next week. It was noted that 84-year-old M. McConnell had not been seen in public since June 14, when he was hospitalized in Washington.
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On July 12, M. McConnell stated that the reason for his hospitalization was loss of consciousness and a fall. This was his first statement after nearly a month of silence.
What is known about Lindsey Graham’s death
15min reminds that Republican Party Senator Lindsey Graham died on the evening of July 11 after a sudden deterioration in health, his office reported. The NBC News television channel reported that on Saturday evening emergency services received a report of a heart attack at L. Graham’s home.
According to preliminary findings from the Washington D.C. medical examiner, the sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham was due to a cardiovascular system disorder, Politico writes.
The preliminary conclusions published by Graham’s office indicate that the cause of death was “aortic dissection due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.” Aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition where the inner layer of the aorta, the body’s main artery, tears.
“Until all toxicological and microscopic examinations are completed, the death certificate will state that the cause of death is pending investigation. Later, the death certificate will be updated to indicate the cause of death and accordingly classify the nature of death,” the statement adds.
Russians rage over Lindsey Graham’s death: haven’t spoken such horrors for a long time
15min reminds that after L. Graham’s death, Russian propagandists went wild. Reporting on the death of US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, Russia-friendly media and Telegram channels sparked a wave of hatred, mockery, and conspiracy theories. In their publications, “experts” “explained” his death by Russian strikes on Ukraine’s military industry, the “black mark” of the Ukrainian president, and ironically claimed that the politician died “with an organ in his hands”.
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