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Senator Lindsey Graham, who once suggested that some January 6 Capitol rioters "should be shot in the head" and who told White House counsel that President Trump should be removed under the 25th Amendment after the riot, has died at age 71. Graham had a reputation as one of Washington's most consistent foreign policy hawks and warmongers. Throughout his time in government, he pushed for deeper U.S. military involvement and prolonged engagements abroad while repeatedly visiting American troops in combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most notably, however, was his love for Ukraine. For more than a decade, beginning around late 2013, Graham — often alongside Sen. John McCain — publicly offered weapons, military aid, and direct support to Ukraine through Senate speeches, media appearances, and on-the-ground visits. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham visited Ukrainian forces on the front lines in the Donbas region in late December 2016. Graham told troops: "Your fight is our fight. … 2017 will be the year of offense…" Graham often framed U.S. support for Ukraine as both a strategic investment in American security and a moral imperative. Many Americans, however, dismissed his approach as political theater — a spectacle of animated speeches from Kyiv's streets, relentless calls to arm Ukraine, sweeping sanctions on Russia, and deeper NATO involvement, all well before the 2022 full-scale invasion. These high-profile efforts contributed to America's sustained, open-ended commitment and the flow of billions in taxpayer dollars to the fight. Since late 2013, Sen. Lindsey Graham emerged as one of Congress's loudest and most persistent advocates for deeper U.S. entanglement in Ukraine across political, military, and economic fronts. Graham worked to sustain Republican support for military aid and sanctions amid growing skepticism about endless commitments and proxy conflicts, often citing the benefits to U.S. defense and the need to pay now or pay later. Throughout his career, Sen. Lindsey Graham was one of the leading proponents of U.S. interventionism in foreign policy and a particularly strong advocate for Ukraine. Critics, however, saw a consistent, familiar pattern of reflexive calls for greater military involvement and a consistent rejection of restraint or diplomacy. He advocated for arming Ukraine following Russia's 2014 actions in Crimea and remained one of Kyiv's most vocal champions in Congress during the full-scale war. In a May 2023 meeting in Kyiv with President Zelenskyy, Graham described U.S. military aid as "the best money we've ever spent."