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.
[…]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.
this is why health reporting requirements should be made publicly available prior to election, imo
Hmm I see. Her generation continues to be an utter fucking embarrassment when it comes to politics.
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.
Kind of crazy how I get fired if I miss one day of work but senators can just not show up for weeks
The interns have been accepting all the bribes and spending it on beer.
Heyheyhey! In America we call those “bribes” free speech for corporations. Bribes are illegal.
Don’t tell mom
the babysitter’s deadthe Congresswoman’s senileI’d watch this movie
As a rep, her only job is to vote. She hires staff to carry out other responsibilities.
If only more GQP congresspersons were like her.
Some presidential candidates ripen before the election. Its natural.
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.Dont take amphetamines to fit into that old red dress
sounds like she’s clearly just getting in touch with the local population
Why not have a cut off age?
Asking people with power to give up that power willingly almost never works, unfortunately.
Not asking, making it the rule
Great thinking!
I’ll just check exactly who makes the rules, one second…
Man, you won’t believe this, but the old hags that would have their careers end are the same ones in charge of systemic changes.
Who would have thought.
But that’s the problem - they make the rules and they’re not going to make up rules to their own detriment.
Have we tried insisting firmly? Asking rhetorically because no we haven’t
The old people make the rules
Don’t vote for the old people
We were going to implement one… but then we all got dementia.
So? I’m MUCH Happier with my Tax Dollars going to HER Salary then to Feeding Starving American Children!
Salaries for these folks is minuscule compared to expenses of War. Focus on what matters.
Is this what they mean by Reaganism?
She’ll be the 2028 president
She’s a she. Doesn’t have a chance.
She doesn’t know that
Ooooooh, I like it! It’s like The Truman Show, except way dumber.
How the fuck does a Senator go missing for SIXTH FUCKING MONTHS and no one bothers looking for them.
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.
Also with Biden
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.
It’s
probablydefinitely happening with Mitch McConnell.ftfy
Probably, but I haven’t heard much from him in a while. In my defense, he has done something terrible recently, a lot of terrible things have been happening. It’s hard to keep track.
Not that the election is over, I’m also willing to throw Biden on the pile. More then a few times in the past few years, he’s done things that remind of me of my old, conservative acquaintances. Biden pardoning the Kids for Cash asshole cemented that.
She is in Congress, not the Senate - so there’s a couple hundred more of them in general, and not all of them turn up to work every day… so it’s not hard to lose one for 6 months and not notice.
Especially when they’re Republicans, since they do sweet fuck all most days anyway.
where do I put my resume?
Find out who’s funding your current representative, and see if you can ass kiss even harder!
Ewwww gross
She apparently did make at least one appearance during the
sixthsix months for whatever that’s worth (sourced from her Wikipedia page)“Government is broken”
Let’s talk about that woman later. Wtf is going on in Texas?? “An amendment to reduce the salary of Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pesticide Programs to $1” what did that person do that they put that on the agenda? Why is it possible to set a salary that low?
Realize that’s she’s a US house member, not a state legislature member. They were trying to defund the EPA in general by reducing salaries for individuals to $1 and it wasn’t just Texas.
Which is funny, because both Texas and Oklahoma ignore the EPA anyway. The Oklahoma turnpike authority is trying to pollute Norman’s drinking water, and build a turnpike through land that endangered toads live on. They aren’t conducting any sort of environmental impact assessment, because Oklahoma gave them permission not to. Texas has probably hundreds, if not thousands, of improperly shut down oil wells which spew all kinds of pollution.
From what I see his name was Jake Li and he was attempting to safeguard endangered species against pesticides. So… His position is now vacant. Guessing Texas couldn’t stand for it
He/they released this, so maybe I would have to more digging to gain further understanding.
https://texasfarmbureau.org/epa-releases-final-endangered-species-herbicide-strategy/
Edit: it appears he was “brought in” to that position when Biden entered office, and he is moving to the Department of Interior’s fish and wildlife division. I suspect that they knew the upcoming and current cuts to the EPA would thin them out and the Fish and Wildlife department is less likely to be gone after, as that’s who you get your hunting/fishing etc licenses from. I imagine the establishment that gives out licenses to shoot animals for fun, isn’t likely to be targeted by Republicans
To be fair, dementia is not much of a hindrance for making GOP policies.
Texas GOP sees this as an absolute win
It’s not cognitive dissonance if you can’t remember what your values were to begin with.
Quite the opposite, it’s almost a requisite at this point
Worked for Reagan
It’s working for Biden as we speak.
“We think there is no nefarious cause of the drones”
tbf a magic 8 ball would do a better job
Her voters would still vote for her
gotta own them Lib’s
Gottem.
It’s not a hindrance for either party. Did you watch the first presidential debate?
I’m not sure if the people downvoting you didn’t watch the debate or are so tribal that they’re offended by legitimate criticism of Biden
It’s not even criticism, really.
It’s just an observation, no different than looking up and saying the sky is blue.
Truthfully, though, this is a criticism of both parties. Trump is clearly brain-damaged too, and he showed is several times during the campaign. The difference is he’s still able to behave as expected, more-or-less, where Biden is not.
It appears like angry and demented is sustainable branding. You can keep getting paid as a politician long after your mental acuity has flown the coop.
wush
Don’t get mad at me. I’m not the one who fielded a brain-damaged presidential candidate.
Still not sure which you’re referring to here
TBH, me neither.
Gotta love that a functioning brain is no longer a requirement to be president.
