Rest In Peace, Senator Lindsey Graham | 07-13-26

Sid & Friends In The Morning

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Comedy, News, Sports

4.2 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2026

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Summary

On this Monday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid covers the sudden death of U.S. Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham, who's dead at 71 due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. In other news of the day, actor Robert Davi and other local prominent Italians are continuing to blast New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after a city map highlighting immigrant enclaves omitted Little Italy. The "New York City Immigrant Enclaves" map resurfaced on social media after users pointed out it omitted Little Italy, as well as historically Jewish and Irish neighborhoods, despite highlighting 30 immigrant communities across the five boroughs. Ainsley Earhardt, Bibi Netanyahu, Norm Coleman, Robert Davi & Sean Hannity join Sid on this Monday installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning.

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0:00.0	Sid and Friends in the Morning, entertaining and informative on the Red Apple Podcast Network.
0:09.0	In the case of Sid, you know, Sid is an entertainer first and foremost, but he's developed such a massive audience that he's been able to become this political power broker,
0:23.9	the likes of which I don't think anyone ever anticipated.
0:27.6	And because there's not really a morning show, at least on AM,
0:31.5	that has his kind of listenership and his kind of depth,
0:36.9	he has the kind of influence politically that I don't even know if Bob Grant had.
0:42.2	He begins with the sudden passing of Senator Lindsey Graham, yet just returned from a trip to Ukraine in what would have been his final work week in U.S. foreign policy.
0:46.3	Senator Lindsey Graham was a towering figure in South Carolina politics, first elected to the Senate
0:50.6	in 2002.
0:51.8	He remained a centerpiece for the Palmetto State as well as a column for the Republican Party over the past two decades.
0:57.0	Long time, no seat.
0:58.0	In one of his last acts as Senator Graham, known as a foreign policy hawk, met with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zolensky and Kiev on Friday.
1:05.0	Hours after returning to Washington, first responders were called to his home.
1:09.0	EMS-D.S.-7, with cardiac arrest.
1:12.6	CBS News obtained photo showing a person
1:14.6	being taken from Graham's Capitol Hill home Saturday night.
1:17.6	Graham's office announced his death in a statement on social media,
1:20.6	adding his passing comes after battling a brief and sudden illness.
1:23.6	Senator Graham's family appreciates prayers at this time
1:26.6	and asks for privacy during
1:27.6	this incredibly difficult period. Graham attended the University of South Carolina for both
1:31.9	undergrad and law school. After years as an attorney, he served a term in the South Carolina
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