South Carolina honors Lindsey Graham one last time at his funeral
South Carolina held a funeral for Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away suddenly at age 71. Colleagues and state officials gathered to honor his legacy as a dedicated public servant and influential political dealmaker.
Why it matters
The death of a long-serving, high-profile U.S. Senator creates a significant vacancy in the Senate and marks the end of a notable political career.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham returned for the last time Wednesday to South Carolina, where powerful friends remembered him as someone who never stopped working for the state he loved.
After Graham was eulogized Tuesday in the nation’s capital as an indefatigable dealmaker by the president, vice president and others, mourners in Columbia recalled him as the son of pool hall owners who “was born with a plastic fork in his mouth,” as former Rep. Trey Gowdy put it.
The Republican seemed to know every mayor and small-town police chief and the location of every Chick-fil-A in South Carolina, and made sure GOP candidates had money to run in legislative and local elections across the state.
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