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Yamily opens with the news that stopped Washington this weekend. Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican from South Carolina, died Saturday evening at 71 after what his office called "a brief and sudden illness." Yamily walks us through who he was: more than 20 years in the Senate, a former Air Force lawyer, the chair of the Judiciary Committee during Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation, and the architect of Trump's tax and spending package through the Budget Committee. Also, the same man who called Trump "a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot" on CNN in 2015, and then became one of his closest allies. With Graham gone and Mitch McConnell hospitalized for weeks with no public explanation, the Republican caucus is down two of its most senior members. A special primary in South Carolina is set for August 11. The math just got complicated.
Jenny has a story that starts like an ad and turns into something genuinely unexpected. Gilberto Mora, the 17-year-old phenom on the Mexican National Team, just filmed a commercial. The cameras follow him into the locker room. Everyone expects him to pull out a beer. He pulls out milk. "Recovery, protein, strong bones. It gets the job done." For Jenny, the funniest part is the obvious one: the kid is 17. He couldn't have done an alcohol commercial if he tried.
And Gustavo closes with something hard to put into words, so he just plays the tape. He surprised his friend Laura, who is from Spain, with tickets to the Spain-Belgium World Cup quarterfinal in Inglewood. You will hear her realize what is happening. You will hear her say it is indescribable. You will hear the crowd, the game, and the moment Spain won and punched their ticket to face France in the semifinals. This one is not a news story. It is just a very good reminder of what this whole tournament is actually about.
That's The Morning Drop. Vámonos.