{"id":2629080,"date":"2026-07-13T11:33:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-appointing-lindsey-grahams-sister-as-interim-senator\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:35:27","slug":"trump-calls-for-appointing-lindsey-grahams-sister-as-interim-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-appointing-lindsey-grahams-sister-as-interim-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls for appointing Lindsey Graham&#8217;s sister as interim senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-calls-for-appointing-lindsey-grahams-sister-as-interim-senator%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2629080&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald trump has recommended Darline Graham Nordone, sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, to serve as a placeholder senator for South Carolina following Graham&#8217;s death. Graham, who was 71 and had previously been diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-and-grace-star-leslie-jordans-cause-of-death-finally-revealed\/\" title=\"...Will And Grace\u2019 Star Leslie Jordan\u2019s Cause Of ... Finally Revealed\">arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease<\/a>, died after an emergency medical episode over the weekend. Trump expressed that graham was a close ally and frequently acted as an intermediary between the White House and congressional Republicans. He noted having spoken with Graham shortly before his death, describing him as being fine other than feeling tired. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster is scheduled to hold a press conference to announce the appointment. Graham\u2019s death has prompted various reactions and ongoing investigations, including assistance from the FBI.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4645304\/trump-lindsey-graham-senate-replacement\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> called for Darline Graham Nordone, sister of the late Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4645679\/lindsey-graham-cause-death-aortic-dissection-heart-disease\/\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC), to serve as a placeholder senator in the wake of his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham, who had previously been diagnosed with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, died over the weekend after an emergency <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4645679\/lindsey-graham-cause-death-aortic-dissection-heart-disease\/\">medical episode<\/a>. Graham was 71 years old.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4645482\/mcconnell-fall-led-to-hospitalization-wont-return-senate-floor-yet\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>McConnell says a fall led to hospitalization and he won\u2019t return to Senate floor \u2018quite yet\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4645467\/cory-booker-miss-unexpected-friend-senate-lindsey-graham\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrat Cory Booker says he will miss his \u2018most unexpected friend\u2019 in the Senate, Lindsey Graham<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4645468\/patel-fbi-local-authorities-lindsey-graham-death\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Patel says FBI helping local authorities after Lindsey Graham\u2019s sudden death<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI recommended, to Governor Henry McMaster, Lindsey Graham\u2019s wonderful sister, Darline, to serve as interim Senator from the Great State of South Carolina,\u201d the president wrote in a statement on Truth Social Monday morning. \u201cThis would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McMaster is slated to hold a press conference at the South Carolina State House on Monday at 4 p.m. to announce an appointment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham was a close ally of the president, frequently serving as a top intermediary for Trump between the White House and congressional Republicans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4645679\/lindsey-graham-cause-death-aortic-dissection-heart-disease\/\"><strong>WHAT IS AN AORTIC DISSECTION? THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY REVEALED AS LINDSEY GRAHAM\u2019S CAUSE OF DEATH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4645293\/trump-lindsey-graham-tired-phone-call-death\/\">president<\/a> said Sunday during an interview with NBC\u2019s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> that he spoke with Graham overnight on Saturday, possibly just \u201cminutes before\u201d Graham\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOther than being tired, he was fine,\u201d the president said. \u201cAnd so it had to be something like that, that would just be a quick end. And maybe that\u2019s not the worst way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump suggests Darline Graham Nordone as interim senator after Lindsey Graham&#8217;s death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2629081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP25059714573334.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[82647,32283,5894,82646,3634],"class_list":["post-2629080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-government-2","tag-lindsey-graham","tag-politics","tag-senator-appointment","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP25059714573334.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2629080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2629084,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629080\/revisions\/2629084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2629081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2629080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2629080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}