Rep Kay Granger (R-TX), who withdrew from the primary to be reelected earlier this year and thus would ordinarily see the end of her term in about four weeks, may have actually already seen it. Having not voted since July 24, a Dallas Express journalist went looking:
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.
Which is an ending I would wish on no one. However, the fact that this has been concealed does require investigation. Along with the Dallas Express‘ many questions, I’d like to ask if Speaker Johnson (R-LA) knew? Why has this not been announced? Worries about losing another special election to the Democrats? As Granger (and now her successor, Rep-elect Craig Goldman (R-TX)) have been winning elections in this district by a 2-1 margin, that hardly seems likely.
This doesn’t even make sense in my understanding of the context of who controls the House. It doesn’t matter, if she’s not their to vote. Or were Johnson & Co worried that, on word of Granger’s hypothetical resignation, other Republicans angry at Johnson might also resign, giving the Democrats control of the House in July of ’24?
Or is it just something as venal as her staff being determined to continue to collect salaries?
