…think Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX).
Rep. Granger, a 14 term member of the House of Representatives, essentially disappeared from view early this year. Now we know why.
Excerpted from Carlos Turcios’ article for the Dallas Express:
According to Ms. Granger’s roll call vote page, Grangers last vote was on July 24th, 2024 as she voted No to the “Amendment in the House H.Amdt. 1157 (Miller) to H.R. 8998: To reduce the salary of Ya-Wei (Jake) Li, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pesticide Programs, to $1.”
Since then, Granger has not cast any votes in Washington on behalf of her Tarrant and Parker County constituents.
The Dallas Express attempted to reach her district and D.C. offices but calls went directly to voicemail where a recorded message from Congresswoman Granger plays.
“I am sorry we are unable to answer your phone right now. We are really glad you called us. Please leave your name, phone number and a brief message and someone in our office will call you back as soon as possible,” the recorded message says.
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. However, we were not permitted to conduct an interview regarding the current spending debate in the House of Representatives and how or if Ms. Granger planned to vote.
Tarrant County Republican Chairman Bo French told The Dallas Express that the lack of representation during a crucial voting period in Congress is troubling.
“The lack of representation for CD-12 is 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. The margin in Congress is razor thin and the lack of a Republican vote representing CD-12 disenfranchises 2 million people. We deserve better,” French said.
Are you really troubled, Chairman French? If so how come you either didn’t notice, or did notice and decided not to tell the world, that Rep. Granger was unavailable – and, apparently, too debilitated to vote even if she was – since July?
Mercifully, Ms. Granger did not run for re-election (at no loss to the Republican party, whose alternative candidate, Craig Goldman, won with 64% of the vote). But what about this year?
In Texas, if a house member resigns (as Ms. Granger should have been asked to do) a special election could be held as soon as 36 days afterward – with al virtual certainty that this heavily Republican district would replace her with another member of her party; one who could be functioning right now.
Simply stated, hiding Granger’s situation not only was a disgrace that should never have happened, and which left her district with no representation for almost a half-year.
That said, would anyone like to compare this to Joe Biden – not one of 435 voting House members, but President of the United States, Commander-In-Chief of the armed forces and holder of our nuclear codes – cognitively degenerating for the past four years, to the point where it looks, at least to me, like he is in a semi-vegetative state?
I guess as bad as some things are, they can be worse.
Ah yes, politics……..
