Americans demand answers on Senator Lindsey Graham’s sudden death at 71… as toxicology report wait drags out

The latest Daily Mail/JL Partners poll shows a large number of Americans are unsettled by Senator Lindsey Graham’s unexpected death.

Graham, 71, died suddenly on the evening of July 11 after what his office described as a ‘brief and sudden illness.’ 

An autopsy indicated that the cause of death was an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

An aortic dissection is a dangerous medical event involving a tear in the wall of the body’s main artery.

But this was merely a preliminary diagnosis, and questions have abounded about this simple explanation for Graham’s death, especially given his penchant for angering America’s enemies with his hawkish foreign policy.

The final cause of death will not be revealed until DC’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner completes a comprehensive toxicology report, at which point Graham’s death certificate will be finalized.

The Senator had just returned from a trip to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, fueling speculation that the Kremlin may have had something to do with Graham’s sudden passing.

Now, nearly half (49 percent) of Republican voters say they are very or somewhat concerned about the cause of Graham’s death.

Fourteen percent of all voters say they are very concerned, with an additional 23 percent somewhat concerned. 

Concerns were not laid to rest when around 20 federal law enforcement agents from several agencies visited Graham’s DC neighborhood two days after his death.

One of Graham’s neighbors told the Daily Mail that five or six FBI agents asked him and other neighbors if they had seen anything ‘out of the ordinary’ before the Senator’s death.

Law enforcement has insisted that there is no evidence of foul play.

Donald Trump reinforced this opinion, saying last Tuesday that if the FBI was investigating Graham’s death, they were ‘wasting their time.’

But multiple prominent voices have said that the results of a final medical examination be released, if for no other reason than to quiet down conspiracy theories.

‘Given where [Graham] was and the sorts of things he was advocating for,’ Senator John Cornyn told NBC News, ‘I think we just ought to resolve all those questions by seeing what the toxicology reports show.’

DC’s Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to the Mail that they are leading the investigation into Graham’s death, as with most deaths in DC, but said that the Medical Examiner will determine ’cause and manner of death.’

Highlighting the animus felt towards Graham by America’s enemies, a giant sign displayed in Tehran last week appeared to celebrate the Senator’s death while hinting at Trump’s eventual demise.

 ‘Who is D nexT one? #lindseygraham,’ the billboard read, capitalizing the letters corresponding to Trump’s initials.

Graham’s Senate seat has been filled on a temporary basis by his sister, Darline Graham Nordone.

Nordone, who was raised by Graham after their parents died, was appointed to finish her brother’s term by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and was sworn in on July 14. 

Nordone announced this week in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that she intends to run in the Republican primary to permanently replace her late brother.

Trump endorsed her, giving her campaign a huge boost. 

The Daily Mail has contacted the FBI and DC’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for comment.