News that Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-Texas) has lived and experienced nursing home care. “Very rapid” decline This week, it sparked an outcry on social media across the political spectrum.
Among those voices Billionaire Elon Musk was also included.a key advisor and supporter of President-elect Donald Trump.
Musk referenced the news about Granger, saying, “Shouldn't we be putting basic cognitive tests on our elected officials? This is crazy…”
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Elon Musk said there should be basic cognitive tests for civil servants. (Michael Swensen/Getty Images)
Former Education Department spokeswoman Angela Morabito said Granger's staff may have been “complicit.”
“Wow: Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), who hasn't voted on a bill in six months, is secretly living in a nursing home. Records show she has 25 staff members. If someone knows – and it would be hard not to know – they are an accomplice.” Morabito shared by X.
Former Texas Congressman Jonathan Stickland also commented on Granger, saying: aware of her memory problems.
“No one should be angry at Rep. Kay Granger. Six years ago (while working regularly with or around her as an elected official) she was diagnosed with severe memory loss. For a while, she had no idea what was going on, but her friends, family, and staff failed to protect her and controlled her for their own interests. I want them to be mad because I left them behind,” Stickland posted.
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee granger news said It marked a “compelling case for term limits.”
Granger's absence was first reported in dallas express The article cited a constituent in her district who said she lives in a memory care facility in Texas.
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Axios political reporter Hans Nichols admitted he missed stories about Granger because of limited journalistic resources. on CNN Monday.
”[We] …Reporting all these stories has limited resources and time. That being said, I had to get Kay Granger's story. So, as someone who spends time on the Hill, I'm going to own a piece of it. You know, collectively we're all guilty. You know, it's hard to unravel guilt as an individual,” Nichols said.
Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) will walk out of the House Republican Caucus meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington in 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
Granger's story comes after a year defined by President Biden's cognitive and mental health issues, which ultimately led to his ouster from the Democratic nomination. Reports are emerging of an organized effort to hide his decline from the public.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who has repeatedly dismissed questions about Biden's job performance, told CNN in June 2022 that she, too, had difficulty keeping up with the president.
“Don, you're asking me this question,” exclaimed a visibly stunned Jean-Pierre. “Why, he's the President of the United States.”
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Executive Director of Women for America First, kylie jane cremer, wrote about .
A new report in the Wall Street Journal says Biden's staff noticed his physical decline and increasing confusion within the first few months of his term.
The Journal based its report on interviews with about 50 people, current and former. white house staff People who have had direct contact with the president and members of Congress.
Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, said on X that there is a “sclerotic gerontocracy” in Congress.
“Kay Granger's long absence reveals a problem with a Congress that values seniority and relationships over merit and ideas. We have a sclerotic gerontocracy. We need term limits. A new generation of America.” We need to get the big bucks out of politics so people can 'run and serve,''' Khan posted.
Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) at the unveiling of her portrait as chair of the Appropriations Committee in Washington, D.C. (Kay Granger's office)
progressive independent journalist Ken Klippenstein posted, referring to a video of Granger speaking on the House floor in early 2024.
“Congresswoman Kay Granger's claim that no one knew about her dementia is laughable. Here she is, speaking to Congress in March, stammering and stumbling through each sentence, relying verbatim from her written manuscript. This is painful to watch,” Klippenstein said.
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Granger, 81, is not seeking re-election and plans to retire at the end of this year. parliamentary term next month. She has been largely absent from the Capitol in recent months, last voting on July 24. This year, he was absent from more than 54% of the votes cast. He also resigned from his position on the House Appropriations Committee, which drafts legislation to fund the federal government.
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Granger's office did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News' Hanna Panreck, Anders Hagstrom, Stephen Sorace and Chad Pergram contributed to this report.
