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This episode examines the political legacy of Lindsey Graham following his death.

This is a special episode of History As It Happens. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is dead. His office says Graham died from "a brief and sudden illness" on Saturday night in Washington. He was 71. Graham was first elected to the U.S. House in 1994 and the Senate in 2002. He was seeking a fifth term in the midterm elections this November. After first condemning Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, the conservative Republican turned into one of Trump's most fawning supporters. In this episode, University of Texas at Austin historian Jeremi Suri examines Graham's extensive legislative and political legacy. Jeremi Suri writes the Democracy of Hope newsletter on Substack. Subscribe to skip ads! https://historyasithappens.supercast.com/

People in this episode

Host: Martin Di Caro

Guest: Jeremi Suri

Topics covered

• political legacy
• Lindsey Graham
• U.S. Senate
• Donald Trump
• South Carolina politics

Keywords

• Lindsey Graham
• political legacy
• Senate
• Donald Trump
• South Carolina
• Jeremi Suri
• history

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Organizations: University of Texas at Austin, Democracy of Hope, Substack

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