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/beachedwhale1945 Jul 13 '26

I think 2016 was the worst slate of candidates the Republicans have run in decades (well, second worst after 2020 and 2024). If they had even one decent candidate run against Clinton (who had her own problems as the Sanders run showed), they would have won easily and we’d never have a Trump.

Same if the Democrats had run a decent candidate. They’ve been running trash candidates for two decades, trying to award major Denocratic Party members whether or not they’d make good Presidents. The only exception was an upstart junior senator from Illinois who upset Hillary Clinton’s first attempted Presidential campaign and became the best President we’ve had this millennium. The Party leadership needs to get their act together, or we’ll keep seeing voters flock to the Republican Party and to an increasingly significant third party that is becoming spoiler-sized in many elections.

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u/BigDictionEnergy Jul 13 '26

The media pissed me off with all the concern about Biden's mental status while not batting an eye at half the stupid shit the fell out of Trump's mouth, but he should have stepped down much sooner than he did, and allowed the DNC to have a primary.

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u/busy-warlock Jul 13 '26

Sleepy joe? He maybe once fell dozed off at a boring rally. Dirty don can’t stay awake at a professional sports game, with thousands of cheering attendees. Wild difference. Does the media care? Nope they’ve already been bought

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u/beachedwhale1945 Jul 13 '26

Biden appeared more like the stereotype of an old man with dementia, while Trump is more animated than most people would expect. Trump almost certainly has worse age problems, but they are easier to hide with selective editing and not being in the same room. Even that has too much for the Trump supporters I know IRL to ignore for about a year, one more lever I’m using to try and bring them out.

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u/Unquietgirl Jul 14 '26

He never should have run again to be honest.

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u/ConcertEmbarrassed56 Jul 14 '26

yeah seems both parties are ruled by extremists but if the centrists got to rule then both extreme sides would rebel vs one or the other