Summary
Texas Republican Congresswoman Kay Granger, 81, has not voted in the US House since July while reportedly dealing with dementia and living in a senior facility.
Her absence, undisclosed until media investigation, raises concerns about representation in her district and her capacity to serve.
Granger, a long-time legislator and former House Appropriations chair, announced plans to retire in 2025.
Critics argue her condition may have impacted her 2022 re-election. Local Republicans called her absence troubling amid critical votes, prompting broader debates on aging lawmakers’ transparency and governance.
The amount of elder-abuse that is happening just so their families can keep sucking down taxpayer money is fucking sickening.
To be clear, that’s not the main reason it happens. The main reason it actually happens is that it’s really fucking easy to convince someone with fucking dementia that they need to vote a certain way, because they won’t even know what they’re fucking voting on anyway.
But whether politics or family, the entire enterprise is fucking harrowingly foul.