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A Republican Congresswoman who has been “missing” for the past six months has finally been found.

Rep. Kay Granger has served as the representative for Texas’s 12th Congressional District since 1997.

However, she suddenly disappeared from the public eye around July this year, when she cast her final vote against an amendment to reduce the salary of Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pesticide Programs to $1.

A curious reporter at the local Dallas Express newspaper did some digging on Granger’s whereabouts and has finally been able to give her constituents some answers.
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We then received a tip from a Granger constituent who shared that the Congresswoman has been residing at a local memory care and assisted living home for some time after having been found wandering lost and confused in her former Cultural District/West 7th neighborhood.

The Dallas Express team visited the facility to confirm whether Granger was residing there and to inquire about how she planned to vote on the spending bill. Upon arrival, two employees confirmed that Granger is indeed living at the facility.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Let me guess, Granger continued to collect her paycheck while "missing."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

My question is "How did they tell she was demented?"

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

We need a maximum age for politicians. At all levels. And term limits. At all levels.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

And a god damn attendance record.

My kid's school told me flat out that if a kid misses too many school days, they will be left behind.

So these "politicians" get paid and don't even have to show up?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

Weirder still the ones that do show up tend to cast votes of absentees with sticks they proudly carry around for just that age or somehow both accepted and legal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Okay. Make it happen then.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago

this is why health reporting requirements should be made publicly available prior to election, imo

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 hours ago

Hmm I see. Her generation continues to be an utter fucking embarrassment when it comes to politics.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Who's been doing her job since then? There is no way that can be legal. I'd bet the farm the same thing is happening to Mitch McConnell. No way that old bag of dust and bones is competent enough to do his job.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 hours ago

Kind of crazy how I get fired if I miss one day of work but senators can just not show up for weeks

[–] [email protected] 28 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

The interns have been accepting all the bribes and spending it on beer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Don't tell mom ~~the babysitter's dead~~ the Congresswoman's senile

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I don’t wanna live it … just watch it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Heyheyhey! In America we call those "bribes" free speech for corporations. Bribes are illegal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

As a rep, her only job is to vote. She hires staff to carry out other responsibilities.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago

If only more GQP congresspersons were like her.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

Some presidential candidates ripen before the election. Its natural.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 22 hours ago

This seems like a pretty important job to not just shuffle the person doing it into an old folks home! Like come on!
Literally a limited number per state. Even an midmanager would get called for running out of PTO way before then.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 day ago (8 children)

How the fuck does a Senator go missing for SIXTH FUCKING MONTHS and no one bothers looking for them.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

Her aids were probably running the show for years. What happens with these congress critters is that they create a support network around themselves to do the real work while they campaign for the next election. It gets to the point that the congress member themselves becomes superfluous. If it goes on long enough, they fall into dementia, but the aids don't want to start over again with someone new, so they just tote their boss around from time to time like Weekend at Burnie's. It happened with Dianne Feinstein. It's probably happening with Mitch McConnell.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Also with Trump, Regan... the list goes on.

Now that the election(and America) is over, I'm willing to openly agree with Biden being in mentally not there. Gerontocracy always lead to a decline in a nation.

If it's acceptable to have a minimum age to vote or hold office, it should also be acceptable to have a maximum age. Retired senior citizens shouldn't get to decide matters such as worker's rights or environmental issues.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I agree completely

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 day ago

People from her office absolutely knew where she was, they just didn't bother telling anybody else.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Is this what they mean by Reaganism?

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 day ago (2 children)

She’ll be the 2028 president

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

She's a she. Doesn't have a chance.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

Why not have a cut off age?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

Asking people with power to give up that power willingly almost never works, unfortunately.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 23 hours ago

That would put everyone voting for it out of a job.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 21 hours ago

sounds like she's clearly just getting in touch with the local population

[–] [email protected] 268 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (18 children)

To be fair, dementia is not much of a hindrance for making GOP policies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Texas GOP sees this as an absolute win

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