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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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[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My question is "How did they tell she was demented?"

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ahal@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, it's a tautology

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry is this the onion or not

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This community is for articles that you would think are from The Onion because they're so crazy, but these articles are in fact genuine.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Back on the other website, someone once joked that surely /r/theonion+nottheonion must be the same as /r/all

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

The sum of all human knowledge isn't Wikipedia, it's the combination of two books:

  • What They Teach You at Harvard Business School
  • What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School
[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So? I'm MUCH Happier with my Tax Dollars going to HER Salary then to Feeding Starving American Children!

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

this is why health reporting requirements should be made publicly available prior to election, imo

[–] iii@mander.xyz 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Glad she's in a place that helps her. Her family did well.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Except for hiding her condition from her constituents. Do you want her voting on the Spending Bill when she doesn't even remember where she is?

(To be fair, it would be hard to tell you're not in Congress when you're surrounded by your fellow Alzheimer's patients.)

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Persons that knew the situation and did not attempt due diligence to notify Congress should be culpable

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Some presidential candidates ripen before the election. Its natural.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

If only more GQP congresspersons were like her.

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