There Are Endless Conspiracy Theories About Lindsey Graham’s Death

It just took hours after the South Carolina senator Lindsey Grahamdeath was announced conspiracy beliefs spreading. Extremists, right-wing activists, and political commentators have continued for the past week to say that Russia, Israel, or Iran killed the 71-year-old.

Graham died Saturday night at his Capitol Hill home just hours after leaving Ukraine, where he announced a deal to impose sanctions on Russian oil buyers. The first report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, DC said Graham he must have suffered the rupture of his artery, which is connected with the stiffness of his arteries.

“The death certificate will wait until the autopsy and physical examination are completed and then the death certificate will be amended to reflect the cause of death and properly classify the manner of death,” he said.

CNN, citing several law enforcement officials, report that no foul play is suspected in Graham’s death.

But by Sunday morning, as many of Graham’s colleagues paid their respects to the senator, conspiracy theorists were already suggesting that his death was the result of an assassination attempt orchestrated by one of the governments the senator spent years fighting.

A serious conspiracy theorist Trump confidante Laura Loomer was one of the first to suggest that there was more to Graham’s death than natural causes. He linked the killing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, saying that at the funeral of the slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran last week, attendees carried signs calling for the death of several Americans, including him, President Donald Trump, and. Graham.

“Was he poisoned by a foreign enemy abroad or when he returned to the US?” Loomer wrote on X in places that were viewed 1.8 million times, without providing evidence. “There should be an investigation into his death. Especially since Iran called for his death less than a week ago.”

Loomer said his decision was confirmed when Explosive Media, one of the most pro-Iranian groups ever traveling the US with AI-generated Lego videosshared a video that appears to show that Iran was responsible for Graham’s murder. The video, which was removed from X but is still active on platforms like Instagram, also included a scene where someone placed a check mark next to Lindsey’s name, with the name Laura written underneath it.

Loomer also referred to FBI director Kash Patel’s tweet on X Sunday that his agency is “cooperating with authorities and has provided everything necessary.” This alone was, for many conspiracy theorists, evidence of a cover-up.

In response to Patel’s post, Tony Seruga, a self-proclaimed CIA operative, he said The FBI “doesn’t start because of nature.” In a widely shared posthe wrote that the description of the “vein” given by the medical examiner was “a very good cover” as “not recognized mechanically by the attack of certain drugs.” He did not provide any evidence to support his claims.

Others blamed Russia for the attack, given Graham’s support for Ukraine and criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Putin killed and killed many of his enemies, and Graham was in Kyiv where the agents of the FSB are,” the political commentator. Marc Thiessen wrote on X. “There should be a full autopsy and tox show to rule out foul play.”

Bill Browder, a British financier who has fought Russia for years, also dismissed the idea that Russia could be behind Graham’s death. “All tests should be done at the same time to avoid foul play,” Browder wrote on X. “I’ve seen enough suspicious Russians to know that this is the only way.” 1.5 million people viewed the Browser’s articles.