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Lindsey Graham’s hawkish ideology leaves a legacy of destruction | Moustafa Bayoumi

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Mourn him if you wish, but let’s be honest about what he promoted. The longer this thinking lives on, the more peril we will all face The sudden death over the weekend of the South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham is predictably inspiring a slew of tributes to the four-term Republican senator.

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  1. Washington Examiner

    Lindsey Graham’s death raises questions over GOP foreign policy direction (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The future of the Republican Party’s foreign policy posture took an uncertain turn following the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), one of the Senate‘s most influential champions of an interventionist, Reagan-era worldview.

  2. The New Republic

    Lindsey Graham Embodied the Republican Party’s Authoritarian Drift (opens The New Republic)

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    The best obituary of Lindsey Graham appeared not after his death on Saturday but exactly a year before the event that would define the final stage of his career. On January 6, 2020, Rolling Stone published a profile of Graham by Mark Binelli that catalogued the South Carolina senator’s path from bip…

  3. The Guardian

    Lindsey Graham’s hawkish ideology leaves a legacy of destruction | Moustafa Bayoumi (opens The Guardian)

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    Mourn him if you wish, but let’s be honest about what he promoted. The longer this thinking lives on, the more peril we will all face The sudden death over the weekend of the South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham is predictably inspiring a slew of tributes to the four-term Republican senator.

  4. The Conversation US

    How Lindsey Graham’s keen ability to read the moment propelled him to political relevance for 3 decades (opens The Conversation US)

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    Sen. Graham repeatedly moved in the direction South Carolina and Republican politics were headed rather than where they had been.

  5. SC Daily Gazette

    How Lindsey Graham’s ability to read the moment propelled him to political relevance for 3 decades (opens SC Daily Gazette)

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    Since South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death on June 11, much of the commentary has focused on his evolution from Donald Trump critic to Trump ally. But focusing on that transformation misses the broader pattern that defined his political career.

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