Dallas Express:
Amid the ongoing drama in D.C. with Congress furiously debating and voting on an interim spending bill a key question has arisen from constituents in Texas Congressional District 12, “Where is Congresswoman Kay Granger?”
Some Tarrant County residents have begun to speculate.
“I’m hearing she’s in a memory care unit. We need to have standards. Representatives who miss 3 votes in a row without announcing a legitimate medical reason should have their salaries and benefits frozen. This has to stop!” Fairfighter posted on X. MORE
Now that we know she’s in a home for elderly dementia patients, the question to ask is what unelected person is actually doing her job for her now that she is just another senile officeholder in DC’s puppeteer geriatrictocracy like Diaper Joe, Baby Mal Seizure Mitch, and Nancy Hi BAC Pelosi? Makes one wonder what percentage of all office holders are just mindless placeholders taking orders from some unseen hand.
Took some continued reading of the article to conclude perhaps she is a Republican…the first photo of her holding a picture of Rhinoceroses may have been a clue too
Now that everybody else knows where she is, has anyone bothered to let her know?
Time to once against discuss “Apportionment.” When we started this country, there was 1 US House member for every 30,000 (or so) counted citizens. Given that women, folks under 21, slaves, etc. could NOT vote, in some places, it meant 1 US House member per 5,000 voters. Now we are at 1 US House member for every 750,000 to nearly 1,000,000 counted citizens. That is a MASSIVE increase in population with a MASSIVE DECREASE in representation. The Apportionment Act of 1910 (yes, ANOTHER WORTHESS PROGRESSIVE LAW – like Prohibition, the 16th, and 17th Amendments, and the Federal Reserve Act), FIXED the number of US House members at the current level (accounting for the coming additional states). So despite the fact that our national budget has increased a thousand fold, our taxation rate has increased a thousand folkd, and our population has increased 300% at least since it was passed, we still have the same number of “representatives.” An increase of 2500% would get us CLOSE to what this nation started with, and would actually mean that most of us might actually be KNOWN to our “representatives.” If a congress that huge is too “scary” to you, then FINE, let’s divide up the nation until each remaining piece is represented by a workable size government. The US is the SECOND LEAST REPRESENTED nation on EARTH, behind India with 1.3 BILLION people. This POS house member did not wake up one day, having NO previous symptoms, and start wandering her neighborhood. That is VERY FAR ALONG in Alzheimer’s/dementia (and yes, I know of what I speak – mom, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law). All they MIGHT do is throw a band-aid on this issue, when clearly MASSIVE changes are needed. I would support complete dissolution of the federal government, and allowing the 50 states to go their own way. Short of that, 11,000 members of the US House would be a good start at an attempt at representation. Slashing government power, scope, spending, size, etc. by 95% would also be a good start. One way or the other, this kind of embarassing garbage needs to end. And please don’t start with the “I don’t know how the voters in her district could keep re-electing her?” bullshit. You know EXACTLY HOW. The PARTY won’t put up or allow anyone else to run against her or get any support, so when her election comes up in her massively gerrymandered and protected district, she ALWAYS wins as the republican nominee. That kind of crap would NOT be possible if there were 25 times as many seats for the worthless party machine to try and control.
As someone from her district, I am beyond pi$$ed. This is inexcusable. Either she should have resigned or, if she is incapable of exercising her duties, should be removed from office and our governor appoints a replacement until a special election can be held. I truly despise Congress and our government for allowing this to happen.
She should be required to finish her term in DC as the President has set the precedent.
“Perhaps the best version of Kay Granger ever!”
Actually, a memory care unit is a step up from congress.
Can this be fixed at the state level or do we need an amendment to the constitution?
@DR. Tar — Good question. After careful consideration and application of my expertise, my answer is: I dunno, beats me, pal!
States control the manner of election to Congress, but once sworn in as members, Congress controls its own membership. So, maybe it’ll take both (I hope not).
Kinda makes……
appointing Congress critters…..
to cabinet positions…..
Kinda stupid……duh…..?????