There are a lot of ways to express your political disagreements with a senator. Writing letters, calling their office, voting for someone else, or even just yelling at your television like a normal person. Sending a cake mocking their death to their grieving sister's office is not on that list, yet here we are.
As The American Tribune reported, left-wing comedian Elizabeth Booker Houston claims she personally delivered a cake to the Capitol Hill office of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday, the same day his younger sister Darline Graham Nordone was sworn in to finish his Senate term. The cake featured a photo of Graham smiling in a suit, blue icing roses, and the word "CONGRATUDOLENCES!" written across the top, which is exactly the kind of wordplay that makes you feel like humanity peaked a while ago and we are now in the decline phase.
Houston posted a photo of the masterpiece on X and wrote, "I just dropped this cake off at Lindsey Graham's office. Congratudolences, Darline! Your brother is burning in hell, and now, you're working for the devil!" Really leaning into that comedian title there.
Graham died Saturday night at age 71 from what a preliminary autopsy suggested was an aortic dissection caused by arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. His office noted that the official cause and manner of death remain pending until toxicological and microscopic testing are finalized. He had been active in the Senate right up until the end and was scheduled to appear on Meet the Press the morning after his death.
What makes Houston's stunt particularly tasteless (no cake pun intended) is that Graham raised Nordone after both of their parents died when they were young. So Nordone is not just mourning a brother. She is mourning the person who stepped in as her caretaker during childhood. Targeting her with a mocking cake on the day she was sworn in is a bold strategy for someone whose job title includes the word "comedian."
It has not been independently confirmed whether the office accepted the cake or whether Nordone ever saw it. One critic on X predicted, "It's funny that you think anyone will see that cake other than the intern who throws it away. Complete waste of time and money." Another wrote, "You really need a different hobby if you were so invested in politics that this is what you resort to."
Some of Houston's supporters praised the move, with one telling her, "You're truly doing god's work." That is certainly one definition of god's work, though most theologians would probably disagree.
Look, you can have whatever opinions you want about Lindsey Graham's politics. That is your right as an American. But there is a pretty wide gap between "I disagreed with his voting record" and "let me mock his death to his orphaned sister's face via baked goods." One of those is political engagement. The other is just being a terrible person with a bakery budget.
As one critic put it to Houston, "Get a life. I wasn't a fan of Lindsey, but this is ridiculous. Your hatred is rotting your brain." Hard to argue with that diagnosis.
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