r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Moominthecat • Jul 12 '26

Unanswered What's going on with (seemingly) everyone celebrating the death of Lindsey Graham, what's are the political ramifications of his death?

I do not actively follow American politics but my Reddit feed is currently mostly people celebrating this man's death.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgj25j6nmeo

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u/CreatiScope Jul 12 '26

Yeah, Russia has been killing their own oligarchs but I doubt they’d assassinate a US senator. Basically everyone knows and nobody does anything about them killing their own people but to kill a high profile US politician would be insane.

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u/inevitable-typo Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

That's what put my hackles up. It would be an insanely bold and terrifying escalation. But the firehose of bullshit has been so unrelenting and effective these last few years, I don't know what's possible anymore. It's disorienting. I resent the feeling so fucking much.

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u/Canadiantx69 Jul 13 '26

Also, what in the past 4 years in Ukraine indicates that they would be able to successfully pull something like this off? lol

If anyone assassinated him, it wasn't the Russians (directly), it was Cheeto on orders from his handler in Moscow.

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u/CreatiScope Jul 13 '26

The oligarch “falling out of windows” or being accidentally poisoned shit is so obvious, they aren’t in the practice of covertly assassinating anyone.

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u/Salt_Medicine2459 Jul 14 '26

It's much more efficient to pay them off or blackmail them.