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Stand-up comedian Margaret Cho posted a video on her Instagram mocking the death of South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and expressing her hope that another prominent Republican will die next.
The 57-year-old celeb said in the video, “Bye, Lindsey Graham … bye, Lindsey! From the closet to the coffin, real seamless,” referencing rumors that the senator was secretly gay.
“Um, also, yeah Mitch McConnell,” she went on. “So, it’s Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham … it does happen in threes. Hope!”
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Cho is believed to be indicating that the third “death” would be President Trump. Senator McConnell (R-KY), however, is not actually dead. On the same day Cho’s video was shared, McConnell posted a proof of life photo and message from his hospital bed and promised that he “still has unfinished business to complete” following his recovery from a fall and a bout of pneumonia.
Even people who commented on Cho’s post took exception to her celebration of Graham’s death.
“You can disagree with a politician and still act like a decent human being,” one Instagram commenter wrote. “Mocking someone’s death says more about you than it does about him. A real comedian creates laughter; they don’t confuse cruelty and outrage with humor.”
“Man I’m not a fan of Lindsay Graham but I would never be happy for someone’s death. Yikes!” another person added.
Graham, one of the Republican Party’s most influential voices on national security and a close ally of President Trump, unexpectedly died at 71 after what his office described as a “brief and sudden illness,” as The Daily Wire previously reported. His death is being openly celebrated by far-Left agitators and Iranian media personalities, among others.
Cho certainly falls into the former category. Recently, the stand-up comedian went on record saying she had wanted to participate in the gay hockey drama “Heated Rivalry” but ultimately decided against it because she was afraid of being “detained at the border” after filming in Canada.
“Like, it kills me,” Cho said of turning down the role. “And it’s all because of Trump.”
The actress/comedian also caused controversy in 2023 after saying she hoped Disney would incorporate more LGBT themes into children’s content.
“I would love to see them everywhere,” Cho said of “queer characters” in kids’ films. “I would love to see trans characters and different types of people in roles of, like, Disney princess, Disney prince, and Disney everything.”
“I think this would be really important and it’s a move towards the future,” she added. “It’s a move towards who we are. I think it’s really admirable and really exciting.”
