MAGA Right is Consumed by Conspiracy Theories About Lindsey Graham's Death
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Lindsey Graham is alive, yet a corner of the MAGA right is circulating theories about his death — what drives a movement to believe a sitting senator has died?
Conspiracy TheoryIn-Group DynamicsSocial ContagionMisinformation Diffusion
Theory Briefing
- Conspiracy theories about Lindsey Graham's death spread through right-wing media despite no evidence the senator has died or is incapacitated.
- The phenomenon illustrates how tightly knit online communities can generate and sustain false narratives about public figures entirely from rumor.
- Commentators Will Sommer and Sam Stein frame the episode as part of a recurring pattern in what they call the 'right-wing fever swamp.'