Graham’s Legacy Is Being Exploited By Trump

In life, the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who died of a heart condition on Saturday, chased relevancy above all else. It was this need that took him from being a fervent anti-Trumper aligned with Senator John McCain to being a Republican whose last campaign emphasized his allegiance and closeness to President Donald Trump. In death, Graham, who was 71, will remain relevant, his absence felt as he becomes a kind of symbolic cudgel to advance GOP agenda items “in his honor.”