It’s usually a bad idea to speak ill of the dead, especially soon after a person’s passing. But MS NOW instead danced over Republican Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham’s grave before his body was even laid in it. On Monday’s episode of Money, Power, Politics, host Stephanie Ruhle platformed three guest panelists to shamelessly drag the late Senator’s name through the mud.“I remember him being a very important person. I’m not sure he’ll be remembered as great,” former Ambassador and Democratic Representative Sean Patrick Maloney set the general tone for the rest of the segment. While he granted that Graham “could be great fun in person,” he also slammed him for being “willing to follow where power led” and failing “to make the difficult choice to be somebody who truly stood for something throughout his career.” Don't speak ill of the dead: @SeanPMaloney doing his best to tarnish @LindseyGrahamSC's legacy less than 48 hours after his death.When we say the left is evil, this is what we mean. pic.twitter.com/LIWWA0FMC5— Cici Marie (@Cici_Marie_1776) July 13, 2026 The only action of Graham’s that Ruhle and the panelists were willing to praise was the late Senator's insults of President Trump. CNBC contributor Dan Nathan bizarrely claimed Trump didn't have a policy agenda: "I think politics won over policy. He really didn't have a lot of policy that resonated with the American people." Then he voiced his disappointment that Graham went from sharply criticizing Trump to becoming one of his allies:So when I think about, you know, Lindsey Graham, I think about all the contradictions, right? When you hear that sort of interview, that sort of rhetoric, and then coming around not too long after, you know, in that pursuit of power, I mean, that's something that is very disappointing.  And about Graham’s passionate defense of Justice Kavanaugh, who the liberal media was trying their best to sink in 2018 with unproven charges of sexual assault, Nathan went on:One of the things I'll remember most is somebody who's not, you know, involved in politics, is his defense of Justice Kavanaugh when he was, you know, being confirmed. I mean, that was like unhinged. It was just - it made me think twice about who this man is. Nathan claimed “that moment changed everything for me, how I thought about politics as it relates to Congress and the ability to work together going forward.” Disgusting: what kind of sicko do you have to be to drag a Senator's name not even 48 hours after he dies?Source: Dan Nathan on @MSNOWNews's @mppmsnow pic.twitter.com/1dqvDoj0mB— Cici Marie (@Cici_Marie_1776) July 13, 2026 But the prize for ‘Most Disrespectful of a Dead Man’ went to Eddie Glaude, Princeton University professor and MS NOW’s favorite race-baiter:EDDIE GLAUDE: But I keep thinking about this quotation from James Baldwin that one must earn one's death by embracing with passion the conundrum of life. So what does it mean to earn one's death when their Faustian bargains that line the life that has been lived and those Faustian bargains end up corrupting the soul? So we have a ritual in the United States, we're in America, I suspect it's around the globe, that when someone passes away, we try to tell the best - we try to tell stories of the best of their lives, and it's important that we do that. You don't speak ill of the dead if you have a good home training, as we would say back home. But I do know this, that Faustian bargains have lasting effects and one will be judged accordingly. So you earn your death accordingly.Glaude hated Graham so much that he felt entitled to go on live television talking about how he didn’t want to “speak ill of the dead,” before immediately implying that Graham had made deals with the devil, which ended up “corrupting” his soul and killing him.  On MS NOW, Eddie Glaude was asked about the late Lindsey Graham’s political evolution, just a day after his death, and said, “Faustian bargains have lasting effects, and one will be judged accordingly. So, you earn your death accordingly.” pic.twitter.com/7DqUetR1Vm— Nick (@nspin310) July 13, 2026 Trump is Satan. Another home run from the party of love and tolerance, who publicly dance on the graves of the people they dislike.The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:MS NOW's Money, Power, Politics with Stephanie Ruhle7/13/2610:00:43 a.m. EasternSTEPHANIE RUHLE: Flags are flying at half staff this morning as Washington and the country are mourning South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. He died unexpectedly at 71 years old.Graham had been in Congress since 1994 and had a dramatic political evolution. He was a McCain-era establishment conservative, and at the same time, one of Donald Trump's biggest critics turned biggest advocates and allies, and one of the President's most loyal supporters. Nobody would have guessed that ten years ago. He publicly traded punches with Democrats, yet had a reputation of being willing to negotiate across the aisle.[Cut to video]SEN. CORY BOOKER (D-NJ): He's a puzzle to me. I mean, I played football in the Pac-10 and have banged my head and helmet with a lot of people, but I don't think I headbutted anybody as hard as he and I, when we disagreed, fought ferociously. But he was the kind of guy that, when the spotlight was off, he like - "Hey Cory, can we talk and try to figure out - is there a way to make a deal?"[Cut to second video]SEN. CHRIS COONS (D-DE): No better friend, no tougher adversary. And he and I certainly fought plenty over our differences about politics and policy. But we also traveled the world together.[Cut back to live]RUHLE: With that, let's enter the group chat. Dan Nathan is here, co-founder of Risk Reversal and CNBC Fast Money contributor.Eddie Glaude joins us, professor at Princeton University and author of the new must-read book America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries.And Sean Patrick Maloney, former Democratic Congressman from New York and former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Ambassador, you were in the House when Lindsey Graham was in the Senate. What do you remember most about him?SEAN PATRICK MALONEY: I remember him being a very important person. I'm not sure he'll be remembered as great. And the reason I say that is because he was a master at understanding that in politics, you can do lots of things if you aren't truly dedicated to any one ideology or one set of beliefs. And he was famous for being ideologically and personally flexible in that way, and that allowed him to remain relevant and really important. He could be great fun in person. I was out with him late at night in foreign capitals. I'm here to tell you he's a lot of fun. But I think the tragedy in some ways of his career is that, rather than like, a John McCain stand on principle, he was willing to follow where power led, and that continued to grow his influence and to make him an important figure. But I think he failed to make the difficult choice to be somebody who truly stood for something throughout his career.RUHLE: I did wonder over the weekend, when he arrives at the Pearly Gates, greeted by John McCain and Saint Peter, like how that conversation is going to go between those old friends. Dan, in the 2016 race, we saw Lindsey Graham go after Donald Trump fiercely. I want to share just one example.[Cut to video]LINDSEY GRAHAM: He's a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. He doesn't represent my party. He doesn't represent the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for.[Cut back to live]RUHLE: He then changed his views. As The Economist put it, "Lindsey Graham represented the arc of his party." How do you see it?DAN NATHAN: Yeah, well, I go back to 2016 or even 2015. I think of Marco Rubio. I think of Ted Cruz, obviously, Lindsey Graham. I mean, it looked like - Jeb Bush. He was going to be like roadkill, right? If you think about it - Trump - and I think politics won over policy. He really didn't have a lot of policy that resonated with the American people. But he was an extremely good politician. That's what he's proven to be. So when I think about, you know, Lindsey Graham, I think about all the contradictions, right? When you hear that sort of interview, that sort of rhetoric, and then coming around not too long after, you know, in that pursuit of power, I mean, that's something that is very disappointing. And then it takes me to 2018. And one of the things I'll remember most is somebody who's not, you know, involved in politics, is his defense of Justice Kavanaugh when he was, you know, being confirmed. I mean, that was like unhinged. It was just - it made me think twice about who this man is. And when you hear all of this talk about his ability to reach across the aisle and do, you know, bipartisan deals, that moment changed everything for me, how I thought about politics as it relates to Congress and the ability to work together going forward.And think about it. Since then, we just really [haven't had] any meaningful bipartisan legislation.RUHLE: Well, we have a housing bill that, well - actually is now a law because the President didn't veto it. But no help from Donald Trump. What does his evolution tell us about politics today, Eddie?EDDIE GLAUDE: Oh, Oh my god. Tells us so much... morally bankrupt can compromise the soul. Not really interested in so many ways and in the lives of everyday ordinary folk. But I keep thinking about this quotation from James Baldwin that one must earn one's death by embracing with passion the conundrum of life. So what does it mean to earn one's death when their Faustian bargains that line the life that has been lived and those Faustian bargains end up corrupting the soul? So we have a ritual in the United States, we're in America, I suspect it's around the globe, that when someone passes away, we try to tell the best - we try to tell stories of the best of their lives, and it's important that we do that. You don't speak ill of the dead if you have a good home training, as we would say back home. But I do know this, that Faustian bargains have lasting effects and one will be judged accordingly. So you earn your death accordingly.RUHLE: Ambassador, Lindsey Graham had very strong words for the President after January 6th. I want to share just some of them.[Cut to video]GRAHAM: When it comes to accountability, the President needs to understand that his actions were the problem, not the solution. It breaks my heart that my friend, a president of a consequence, would allow yesterday to happen.[Cut back to live]RUHLE: But then a few months later, Lindsey Graham said he was advocating for Trump and said 'we cannot grow as a party without him.' So how do you balance the two?MALONEY: Right. Well, I was there on January 6th. I felt pretty strongly about it. And when we watched the people who, like us, had to evacuate the building because of this mob that Trump had whipped up, we were pretty shocked when people started to just go back home to the President, which they did one after another, Lindsey Graham among them. But I will tell you that I think that the issue with Senator Graham, which is true of a lot of politicians, is that politics is easy, power is easy if you don't care that much about anything. In other words, if the primary goal is your own ambition and your own influence, and then everything just becomes simple. It's like, what are you getting so upset about? We can figure this out. And that was the approach, I think, after January 6th, and you see that time and again, which is the priority, is how do I remain close to the person who's powerful? How do I maximize my influence? And you hope when you're in politics, that you then use that for something. That's an energy source you deploy to get something done, but it tends to become an end in itself. And you can justify all manner of conduct under that rationale. And I think, unfortunately, we saw that a lot with Senator Graham. But, you know, I'm trying to be nice--RUHLE: No, of course, of course!MALONEY: --the man has only been, you know--RUHLE: Yes!MALONEY: --dead a few hours. And I do think it's also worth pointing out that on issues like Ukraine and elsewhere, he remained a critically important anchor to U.S. foreign policy. And right now in Kyiv, they are going to have a very favorable view of Senator Graham's legacy, because even in the midst of so much backsliding by this administration, he remains strong on certain issues like that, even if the way he did it made some of us uncomfortable.And so it wasn't like he was never trying to accomplish things. It's just that I always felt the priority for him was maintaining his own influence.(...)