The Washington Post reports that emergency services responded to a call at 20:30 Saturday evening for a man with chest pain at a home on Capitol Hill. Paramedics performed CPR about 25 minutes later after the man, identified as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), suffered cardiac arrest, according to the report. NBC separately reported that Graham had returned from a visit to Ukraine and met with President Zelensky on Friday.
Reports from NBC and The Washington Post on Sunday morning (Jerusalem time) indicate that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suffered a cardiac arrest at his home on Capitol Hill on Saturday evening. According to the Washington Post, emergency services received a call at 20:30 local time for a man with chest pain; paramedics performed CPR about 25 minutes later after the man went into cardiac arrest. NBC reported that Graham had just returned from a visit to Ukraine, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, before the emergency call.
The reports initially did not name the individual, but NBC identified the patient as Graham. The senator's office later confirmed his death early Sunday, as The Zioneer reported. Graham, 71, was a stalwart pro-Israel voice in the Senate, known for his close ties with Israeli leaders and his hawkish stance on Iran.
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