Lindsey Graham Is Gone — Here’s What Happens to His Senate Seat

and his relationship with Trump evolved through phases that tested the patience of Republican voters more than once. But his moment during the Kavanaugh hearings — when he turned on his Democratic colleagues with a fury nobody saw coming and said exactly what needed to be said — reminded everyone why he’d survived in South Carolina politics as long as he had. When it counted most, he showed up.

Trump’s statement was gracious and personal. Graham was a friend, a fighter, and a patriot who served his country in uniform and in the Senate for most of his adult life. Whatever the policy disagreements, that record deserves acknowledgment and his family deserves condolences.