Senator Lindsey Graham Dies Suddenly at 71 – What His Death Means Now
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What happened and why are conspiracy theories spreading about Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden death?
welcome to politics by faith it's where we take the news of the day we bring it to the bible so we can walk away with peace and perspective new headlines every day can all be very overwhelming cause a lot of anxiety but ecclesiastes says there's nothing new under the sun so thanks for being here for the true story the story of the day today senator lindsey graham has died we have a video from just the day before he died he was in kiev in uh ukraine now Conspiracy theories are out there. People are quick to make up a story. Isn't that wild? The human brain, heart, it's like something happens. What's the real story? Like those are quick initial reactions. That's wild. But people's initial reaction was, oh, he was in Ukraine and he's a big war hawk guy, supports arming Ukraine.
So Russia probably doesn't care much for him. So maybe he was assassinated by Russia. I I tend to believe the most obvious thing, like an Occam's razor approach to life. But I think the Occam's razor here is he's 71, and 71-year-olds can have a heart attack. But maybe we'll find out more. The time will come for that. President Trump said, Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest people and senators I've ever known, is dead. He was always working and was a true American patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed. So sad. The president went on a few of the news shows this last weekend here to talk about Lindsey Graham. And every reporter tried to throw in another question in there. And he said, no, no, we're here only to talk about Lindsey Graham.
I'm not answering any of the questions. Lindsey Graham became a congressman in 1994, won the Senate in 2002. He was an Air Force JAG before that. I feel bad saying much about Lindsey Graham, to be honest, because I only knew him as a caricature in the political realm. If politics was a TV show, he was a character in that show. And anything I could say about him is merely political. And it's not much of an ode. It's not much of a compliment to have someone die and then say, well... Here were their political stances that they took on certain issues. That's all life is. That's all his life was. Gosh, I hope when I die, people say more than, well, he really thought we should reform H-1B visas. And he believed we needed to build a wall.
Ah, yes. Really? Imagine that being on your tombstone. Mike Slater. Didn't really like the one big beautiful bill, but I mean, there were some parts in it that he thought were okay. Yikes. I'm reading Plutarch, Plutarch's Lives right now. Probably one of the most important books ever written by this Greek historian, Plutarch. He wrote something like 48 short biographies. Alexander the Great, Caesar, Demosthenes, Cicero, guys like that. It was written in like the year 100. But what I enjoy so much about the book, and I think what's especially noteworthy about it is what he chose to write about and what he didn't write about. This is in the introduction. He said, Sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression, or a jest informs us better of their character and inclinations than the most famous sieges, the greatest armaments, or the bloodiest battles whatsoever.
So I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks and indications of the souls of men. And while I endeavor by these to portray their lives, may be free to leave more weighty matters and great tales to be treated by others. I love that. So he says, listen, this biography is not a on this date, then on this date, then on this date. This is more about their lives, their souls. Maybe about the smaller things that have happened in their lives. But it's going to reveal their character. So in that spirit, I guess I could talk about Lindsey Graham's... On this date, he supported this political thing. I don't care. But I can say this about his character. Both of Lindsey Graham's parents died when he was 21 and 22.
They died about a year apart from each other. His mom died from cancer. His dad had a heart attack. He was about 22, and his sister was 13. He adopted her. I never heard that before.
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