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‘Missing’ GOP Congresswoman Not Seen For Six Months Finally Found Living at Dementia Care Home (wcbm.com)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It remains unclear why Granger’s relatives or staff declined to disclose her condition to the public.

Half of our reps are like this. I saw something or other where an American was interviewing people in the UK (I think, can't recall for certain) about our politics, and this older gentleman commented on how old our politicians are. If the guy with white hair thinks so, I feel pretty validated. Get these geriatric fucks out of here. They won't have to live with the consequences of their votes. Put in people with skin in the game.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

I just looked it up.: The median age of voting House lawmakers is 57.9 years, down from 58.9 in the 117th Congress (2021-22), 58.0 in the 116th (2019-20) and 58.4 in the 115th (2017-18). The new Senate’s median age, on the other hand, is 65.3 years, up from 64.8 in the 117th Congress, 63.6 in the 116th and 62.4 in the 115th.

[–] cabron_offsets 15 points 4 hours ago

She should run for Prez.

[–] jordanlund 70 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Granger

"On October 30, 2023, Granger confirmed that she would not run for re-election in 2024.[18] On March 22, 2024, she announced that she would be stepping down as chair of the House Appropriations Committee as soon as the Republican Steering Committee chose her replacement,[19] which took place on April 10.[20] Her last recorded vote was on July 24, 2024.[21] She participated in a ceremony celebrating her work on Appropriations in mid-November 2024.[22]"

[–] tburkhol 65 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Yeah, this all seems relatively normal. Clickbait headline is definitely trying to imply that a serving Representative can just disappear into assisted living, where this woman systematically wrapped up her duties and stepped aside (if not down). Texas leaves election-year House vacancies to be filled by the election.

Why would the family not say where she is? Privacy. No one wants to advertise the medical status of family members.

[–] Soup 8 points 2 hours ago

Seriously? She completely disappeared and stopped representing her constituents but is still being paid for that job. She didn’t wrap up her duties or step down, she just closed all the offices and left without a trace. To imply the title is clickbait is a straight-up lie, or maybe reading comprehension just isn’t your strong suit, but either way there is nothing “normal” about this aside from the fact that Republicans are just total dogshit people as a rule.

[–] LesserAbe 50 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

The important part is that she's still officially a member of Congress. People voted for her to represent their interests. If she's no longer able to fulfill that duty she should have stepped down and let someone else do it. As it stands she and her staff are still collecting salaries paid by the American people. It's also if interest because of the general tend of geritocracy - our elected officials are really old, and it calls into question the decisions they're making and their ability to lead.

[–] Boddhisatva 24 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

The fact that Kay Granger is unable to leave her nursing home to participate in the most important congressional vote of the year suggests she was already in visible decline when she ran for re-election in 2022. - State Republican Executive Committeeman Rolando Garcia

She is still a member of the Texas state legislature but is incapable of performing her duties. Instead of stepping down and being replaced, she stopped showing up for votes, stopped answering her phone messages, closed her offices, and checked into a memory care unit where she is unable, or unwilling, to speak to the press or apparently anyone else.

In what world is this "relatively normal"?

[–] olympicyes 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

She is a member of the US House of Representatives, not Texas State Legislature.

[–] Boddhisatva 4 points 1 hour ago

I misread that. Thanks for pointing it out. That, if anything, makes it even worse.

[–] BigPotato 5 points 3 hours ago

I mean, she probably forgot. Hence being in the memory care unit.

[–] tburkhol 1 points 1 hour ago

Sure, but even if she had formally resigned, Texas would not have replaced her. TFA says her offices are abandoned, so likely no staff getting paid. She, herself may or may not be getting paid, but as near as I can tell, a congress person drawing 5 months of salary while being hospitalized out of DC is a pretty low level shitty-politician behavior. Besides, she'll be collecting probably 80% of that salary as pension, anyway.

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

read the articles? in this economy?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

Nah, she was a missing GOP congresswoman- you'll never believe where she has been found

[–] Squorlple 46 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

When the government isn’t looking, let’s put all of the old fogies in charge into a home and tell them that they’re still in power.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Call the facility "the house"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

Paint it white

[–] coyootje 18 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Man that title really read like an Onion article at first glance, crazy how that's a real news story.

[–] cogman 3 points 1 hour ago

Not really. I'm thinking of Dianne Feinstein who literally ended up being escorted everywhere with a gaggle of staff to keep the press from asking her questions.

Boomers are the most selfish and entitled generation.

[–] Rapidcreek 2 points 5 hours ago

Better get used to it.

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

This will become an urban legend and mutate with each retelling, at first becoming about there being dozens of serving congresspeople actually in care homes, then half of congress, and finally, Joe Biden having spent his lame-duck months this way.