Lindsey Graham remembered as ‘true American original’ at Capitol memorial
US political leaders, including Donald Trump, gathered at the National Cathedral to memorialize the late Senator Lindsey Graham. Graham was remembered as a staunch foreign policy hawk and a complex political figure who maintained a long-standing alliance with Trump.
Why it matters
The memorial highlights the legacy of a significant US legislator and the shifting dynamics of the Republican party's foreign policy stance.
Mourners surround the flag-draped casket of the late US senator Lindsey Graham at the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington DC on 28 July 2026. Mourners surround the flag-draped casket of the late US senator Lindsey Graham at the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington DC on 28 July 2026. US news Lindsey Graham remembered as ‘true American original’ at Capitol memorial ‘He died doing the work he was born to do,’ Trump says as political leaders honor Republican US senator
Prefer the Guardian on Google Donald Trump and other political leaders convened in Washington for the memorial of the long-serving US senator Lindsey Graham on Tuesday afternoon, remembering the “swashbuckling” South Carolina Republican as “a true American original” whose embrace of “America first” never softened his advocacy for a staunch interventionist US foreign policy.
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