https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/missing-republican-congresswoman-kay-granger-81-found-living-in-dementia-care-retirement-community/news-story/e872f31ec83f45cd5b6da832534de07dAn elderly Texas member of Congress who has been seemingly missing from the Capitol for six months is now living in a retirement community that specialises in memory care — and even her family acknowledges she has exhibited possible signs of dementia.Longtime Republican Representative Kay Granger, 81, has not cast a vote in Washington DC since July — despite the GOP’s super-slim majority in the chamber.Questions about Ms Granger’s health caused massive uproar after The Dallas Express — which was founded by one of her political opponents — reported on Friday that she was living full-time in a memory care unit and was moved there after she was found wandering her neighbourhood.Ms Granger did not run for re-election in November, but her disappearance is especially significant given the tiny majority Republicans hold in the House — and the massive votes that are taking place, including the government spending bill — in the waning days of her tenure.However, her son told The Post that that claim was “a load of bulls**t” and that she moved into a condo in an independent living community because was getting bored and lonely in her Fort Worth apartment.Three sources close to Ms Granger, including her son Brandon, her current spokesperson, and another source familiar have denied to The Post that she is living in the memory care unit. Her son was coy with The Post about whether she received care from that unit.
“They have a memory care facility there, but she’s in [an] independent living facility. It’s a nice condo. I helped her move in,” Brandon Granger said.Mr Granger acknowledged that his mother has exhibited signs of dementia — but that they only emerged in the last three months after she was already living at the facility.The source familiar told The Post that Ms Granger “has been in contact with leadership from the beginning, letting them know what was going on, and would have been happy to travel back to DC if they needed her for a specific vote”.Ms Granger’s spokesperson released a statement attributed to her that said, “I am deeply grateful for the outpouring of care and concern over the past several days. As many of my family, friends, and colleagues have known, I have been navigating some unforeseen health challenges over the past year. However, since early September, my health challenges have progressed making frequent travel to Washington both difficult and unpredictable.”Dallas Express reporters who visited the facility to confirm Ms Granger’s residency and inquire about how she planned to vote on the spending bill were not permitted to speak with the Congresswoman, according to the publication.Employees, however, confirmed that Ms Granger was living in the facility, the Express reported.The chief executive of The Dallas Express is Chris Putnam, who ran against Ms Granger in the 2020 Republican primary and lost.Ms Granger had been the first female Republican to serve as chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, but abruptly stepped down from that role in March, handing the baton off to Oklahoma Republican Tom Cole.She was notably absent from the government funding flap in Congress last week that once put Congress to the brink of a government shutdown.
>>1370159What is it with dementia patients running the country?
A source underscored that if Ms Granger, who was first elected to the lower chamber in 1997, retired in September then there would have been a special election and her constituents in Texas’s 12th congressional district would’ve been without key services.Congress was on recess throughout August and October — during a large chunk of the time that the Lone Star State Republican was out of the nation’s capital. Still, while her absence flew under the radar of much of the national press, it did not go entirely unnoticed by her constituency.Local officials expressed their disappointment about Ms Granger’s clear absence from Washington after representing her district since 1997.Tarrant County Republican Chairman Bo French said the lack of representation during a crucial voting period in Congress was “troubling to say the least”.“At a time when extraordinarily important votes are happening, including debt ceiling, disaster relief, farm bills and border issues, Kay Granger is nowhere to be found,” Mr French said. “The margin in Congress is razor thin and the lack of a Republican vote representing CD-12 disenfranchises 2 million people. We deserve better.”Billionaire Elon Musk also weighed in. “Maybe we should have some basic cognitive test for elected officials?” he posted on X. “This is getting crazy.”State Republican Executive Committeeman Rolando Garcia said it was a “sad and humiliating way” for Ms Granger to end her 30-year political career, which included being Mayor of Fort Worth.“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,” Mr Garcia wrote on X.“A sad and humiliating way to end her political career. Sad that nobody cared enough to ‘take away the keys’ before she reached this moment. And a sad commentary on the congressional gerontocracy.”
Kay Granger was one of the top GOP reps in the House, by the way.Something something, glass houses, throwing stones...
Ms Granger’s constituents also expressed their concerns over the lack of representation, suggesting that Congressman-elect Craig Goldman, who won her seat in November, should take over the job early.“We need someone there with their full capacities,” Tarrant County resident Hollie Plemons told the Express.“Swear Craig in early. That’s the solution. That’s the right thing to do. She just missed a big vote, it wasn’t won/lost on one vote but we still have to protect our country, it’s not about hurt feelings. She’s a public servant, we have thanked her for her service but now she needs to resign.”Ms Granger and her staff will remain on taxpayers’ payroll until January 3.
>>1370161Pelosi, Mcconnell etc. Bipartisan mummy's running our gov. No wonder nothing changes
>>1370166Trump is senile
>>1370161>>1370159biden literally had dementia back in 2020
Upper age limits on elected positions when. Neither Biden nor Trump should have been elected.
>>1370231>Upper age limits on elected positions when.Never when the people voting on it are mostly in their 70s and 80s.
>>1370161Both parties value seniority too much. It's less of an issue for Republicans though. Their structure is much more meritocratic than the Dems outside of Trump's inner-circle.
>>1370248>It's less of an issue for Republicans thoughThey literally just elected the oldest presidential candidate in history.
>>1370217>biden figuratively had dementia back in 2020ftfy
>>1370248Chuck Grassley is 91 fucking years old.
>>1370166Weirdos obsessed with pelosi even though she doesn't lead anything now.
>>1370248anon this is literally under an article of a big republican having gone missing for 6 months and was found in a fuckin memory care unit, with none of the party caring.
>>1370253biden literally had dementia in 2020 >>1370255no he had dementia before taking office, retardo
>>1370260>biden figuratively had dementia in 2020ftfy
>>1370258She clearly still has a big pull in the party though. We just saw her pull strings to take a position away from AOC because she's afraid she'll take the lead from her.
>>1370258pelosi still has a leadership role in the party. she was talking about how she wanted a primary and she fucked aoc out of some role. the black guy is just a figure head like biden>>1370256>>1370259dems literally wheeled out finestine who had no idea where she was to vote until she die and biden who had dementia before he even took office
>>1370263About time you use the word literally correctly. You must be a zoomer.
>>1370166>mitch has dementia but was still somehow so smart he fucked the dems out of 3 scotus picks and like 100 judges damn, dems must be retarded if a dementia patient can btfo them >>1370264biden has had dementia since at least 2020. this is not a hyperbole. he has had dementia this whole time and has not been governing, unelected democrats have. same thing with how mayor faggot isn't an expert on cars
>>1370265>"this is not a hyperbole">it was hyperbole
>>1370267it wasn't. biden had dementia his entire term and his wife and other dem ran the country
>>1370258Pelosi got Biden fired, even though he's younger than her. PELOSI is jealous of AOC meeeeeeYow!!1
>>1370268Rightwingers are delusional retards. I think you're getting second hand dementia from Donald Trump.
>>1370265>biden has had dementia since at least 2020. this is not a hyperbole. he has had dementia this whole time and has not been governing, unelected democrats have. same thing with how mayor faggot isn't an expert on carsThis
>>1370291see >>1369775retardo
>>1370323>WSJDisregarded, Murdoch shill
>>1370325nah, you got btfo'd fagola
>>1370332I don't care about your opinions shillstein
>>1370338you sure are seething about getting btfo'd
>>1370340How much are you paid to shill?
>>1370341how much are you paid to be a seething communist?
>>1370350>paid>communistAre you retarded?
>>1370352so you do it for free?
>>1370355To b you tfo? Yeah, I get paid in your tears.
>>1370359was that in english?
>>1370364You esl?
>>1370369turn your monitor on
>>1370384Do they have phones in India?
>>1370385idk, why don't you look outside
>>1370159The GOP has been hiding it's demented members since forever. Reagan had dementia in office, and Trump does too.
>>1370458finestine and biden have both had dementia since 2018 at the latest
>>1370466Finestein died last year and Biden doesn't smear orange paint on his face and body every day.
>>1370211Trump is senile, Kennedy has brain worms, Musk is an autist
>>1371194>Musk is an autistDude is legitimately a drug addict as well.
