Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was elected to the Senate in 2003 and was a close political ally of President Donald Trump, has died, his office confirmed early Sunday. He was 71.

Graham died Saturday night “from a brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a statement.

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    “I have never wished for aans death, but I have read obituaries with great satisfaction.”. - Mark Twain

    Ah, who am I kidding? I wish for peoples deaths all the time, and this MAGA scumbag is one of them.

    I was shocked when I saw this headline, and figured it was the Onion. I had to read it several times, then Google it to confirm.

    He’s really dead! DING! DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD!

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      Yeah the whole ‘moral high ground’ shit of not wishing death on anyone only serves to protect evil people from vigilante justice.

      The best response to a tumor is excision.

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      I suspect Mark Twain only felt that way because the internet didn’t exist so he wasn’t exposed to literally all of the evil things these people tend to do.

      People as bad existed in the past, but due to limited communication technology their ability to screw over the entire planetary population was severely limited.

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        That’s probably a big part of it. I was the same opinion as his from that quote 2 years ago.

        Now I can’t wait for these demons to die slowly and painfully

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      When I read it I was just filled with joy. I feel awful about feeling good about somebody’s death though, piece of shit though he was

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      Yay!!! I too thought was being punked. First fucking headline can’t believe it. Damn wish had friends to celebrate with. My kid just said “who” when I told him.