The current state of the U.S. Congress is nowhere near what the Founding Fathers had in mind. The idea was that people would go to Washington, D.C. for one or two terms to represent the people of their district or state. Then they returned home to give the opportunity to serve to someone else who might have up-to-date ideas, and also so that those who returned would now be forced to live by the laws they had made. That is clearly not the case today. In Texas, A congresswoman went missing; The place where she appeared will make you despise the swamp even more.
The missing congresswoman is Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), who represents her Texas’ 12th Congressional District, This includes the Fort Worth area west of Dallas in Tarrant County. Granger’s last known vote in the House appears to have been in July, when she voted “no” on HR8998, a bill that would reduce the salary of Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Pesticide Program Ya-Wei (Jake) Lee to $1. Since then, she has had no registered votes.
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A local Dallas area newspaper decided to get to the bottom of the mystery. They called both their district office and their Washington, D.C. office, and the call went straight to voicemail, asking callers to leave a name, number, and message. A newspaper reporter then went to Granger’s district office and found it locked, with no employees inside and a window in the front door covered. When employees of the building where the office is located were asked about Granger’s office, they said they packed up and closed the office before Thanksgiving. At this point, the mystery of the missing congresswoman might make some sense, since Granger retired at the end of the congressional session. Did she want to start packing before the holidays?
If only that were the case. This is where things take a disturbing turn. The newspaper discovered that Rep. Granger was now a resident of a local memory care and assisted living home and had been for some time, after she was found confused and wandering in her neighborhood. Taylor Manzeil, assistant executive director of the memory care and assisted living home, confirmed that Granger was a resident, saying, “This is her home.”
Bo French is the Tarrant County Republican Chairman. He stated the obvious at this crucial time for Republicans in Congress who need every vote.
“The lack of representation of CD-12 is concerning to say the least. At a time when extraordinarily important votes are taking place, including the 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 voice representing CD-12 disenfranchises 2 million people. We deserve better.”
Granger’s voters are also concerned about Granger’s absence from Washington. But the biggest question is: Why does this situation continue for so long without anyone noticing or even caring?
It seems this is just another example of how those in Washington on both sides of the aisle cling to power until they literally can’t anymore. This is exactly the kind of thing the American people clearly said they were tired of in November. My colleague Teri Christoph recently reported on a Wall Street Journal report detailing that Joe Biden’s mental health was even worse than what Americans were experiencing firsthand. earlier this month Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fell during a Republican luncheon. McConnell, 82, suffered a cut to his face and a sprained wrist. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 84, recently fell and broke his hipand Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, died during his term of office.
Meanwhile, in Texas, Congresswoman Granger and her staff are getting a “furlough” thanks to taxpayers until the up-to-date Congress is sworn in on January 3rd and the residents of District 12 are left without representation. Americans don’t really care which side of the ballot the bogus stories come from; They just want them to end.
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