Lindsey Graham, Trump ally who opposed LGBTQ+ rights and consistently denied being gay, dies at 71

Lindsey Graham, Trump ally who opposed LGBTQ+ rights and consistently denied being gay, dies at 71 recounts the death of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. The article says Graham died Saturday evening at age 71 after what his office described as a “brief and sudden illness,” and that his family requested prayers and privacy without disclosing the cause. It notes that as political attention also focused on Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization for weeks after a cardiac arrest, Washington received the separate announcement of Graham’s passing. Graham had recently met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Friday as he pursued support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia. The article also reviews Graham’s long record on LGBTQ+ issues, citing votes against the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the 2010s and against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in 2013, among other measures.