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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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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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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 106 points 4 days ago (5 children)

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

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 43 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 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.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It’s ~~probably~~ definitely happening with Mitch McConnell.

ftfy

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Probably, but I haven't heard much from him in a while. In my defense, if he has done something terrible recently, a lot of terrible things have been happening. It's hard to keep track.

Now 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.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

People say "Pardoning Hunter ruined his legacy."

Pardoning Hunter was the right thing to do. The Republicans hounded him when they realized they had no real dirt on Biden, and basically got him via an unhonored plea deal for a crime that not even Joe Q. Public would get convicted for. Hunter was only convicted because his last name was Biden.

Pardoning the "Kids for Cash asshole" as you put it, was a rubber stamp affirming that Joe Biden only cares about the people on HIS side of the on-going class war. It cemented that if Hunter was in the same situation but not named Biden, he wouldn't have given a shit. And THAT destroyed his legacy, at best he was the "Good Cop" in a "Bad Cop, Good Cop" game, and need I remind you both cops are trying to convict you, even if they know damn well you didn't do that shit.

[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Also with Biden

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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.

[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

I agree completely

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 56 points 4 days ago

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

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 49 points 4 days ago

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.

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 21 points 4 days ago

She apparently did make at least one appearance during the ~~sixth~~ six months for whatever that's worth (sourced from her Wikipedia page)

[–] fadhl3y@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

"Government is broken"