GOP Rep. Has Been Declining Rapidly, According to Son

The other day, we posted a report regarding missing Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX).

Granger had not voted since July, and to my knowledge, she has only been seen on the Hill once since then.

Then, this week, it was reported that she had moved into an assisted living facility, reportedly suffering from the early signs of dementia.

Must Be Fixed

I don’t mean to sound heartless here because I really do feel for her family.

I live near her district, and I have never really heard a bad thing about her, but that does not change the fact Granger probably should not have been in office in the first place.

Granger is 81, having won her last election at the age of 79 (she did not run for re-election this time around).

It was recently revealed that since July, Granger has been in retirement mode, making her plans for her next chapter, having moved to an independent living facility.

Her son stated that she has been declining rapidly but insisted that his mother was not yet in the memory care unit of the facility where she is living.

He called the reports of her aimlessly wandering “a load of bull**it.”

He added, "They have a memory care facility there, but she’s in [an] independent living facility. It’s a nice condo. I helped her move in."

Granger has also released a statement, which was made on Sunday. It stated, "As many of my family, friends, and colleagues have known, I have been navigating some unforeseen health challenges over the past year.

"However, since early September, my health challenges have progressed making frequent travel to Washington both difficult and unpredictable.

“During this time, my incredible staff has remained steadfast, continuing to deliver exceptional constituent services, as they have for the past 27 years."

My concern is her constituents, who have not had representation in Congress for the last six months because of this stealth mission to hide her condition. While her staff may be talking to her constituents, they do not have the power to vote, which is my point.

I believe if this was the route she was going to take, she should have retired. If not then, then after the election, where the incoming congressman could have been appointed to fill her seat.

Send me hate mail on this one if you want, but my role is to tell it like it is, and in my opinion, it is a disgrace that this was going on and hidden from voters.

This is yet more proof that we either need term limits or a mandatory retirement age for Congress. If not that, then they should be required to take cognizant testing every six months once they pass a certain age.

We have to do something to get these people out of office rather than them sitting in the same seat for three or four decades (Granger has been in office for nearly three decades, first winning her seat in 1997).

And if Congress won’t do anything about it, then We the People need to step up, primary these people, and have them removed from office when they are clearly incapable of doing the job.