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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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[–] [email protected] 281 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

To be fair, dementia is not much of a hindrance for making GOP policies.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 months ago

Quite the opposite, it's almost a requisite at this point

[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 months ago

It's not cognitive dissonance if you can't remember what your values were to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Her voters would still vote for her

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

gotta own them Lib's

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

tbf a magic 8 ball would do a better job

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's not a hindrance for either party. Did you watch the first presidential debate?

[–] the_crotch -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't get mad at me. I'm not the one who fielded a brain-damaged presidential candidate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Still not sure which you're referring to here

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

TBH, me neither.

Gotta love that a functioning brain is no longer a requirement to be president.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Texas GOP sees this as an absolute win

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago