News that Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, is still living in retirement and living. declining “too fast”. has sparked a public outcry this week across political parties.
Among these words included billionaire Elon Muska key adviser and supporter of President-elect Donald Trump.
“Maybe we should have a basic psychological test for candidates? This is getting crazy…” Musk said, referring to the news about Granger.
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Elon Musk said there should be a basic psychological test for civil servants. (Michael Swensen/Getty Images)
Former Secretary of the Department of Education, Angela Morabito, said Granger's staff may have been “involved”.
“WOW: Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), who hasn't voted on a bill in six months, has been secretly living in a nursing home. Reports show she has 25 employees. If even which of them knew – and it would be hard not to know – they met,” Morabito shared on X.
Former Texas state representative Jonathan Stickland also spoke about Granger, explaining that he was know his memory problems.
“No one should be mad at Rep. Kay Granger. Over the past six years (as an elected official working regularly with/near her) it was clear that she had serious memory problems .He didn't know what was happening for a while.However his friends, family and employees lied to him and left him in the office for their sake.
Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee said the news about Granger marked “a compelling case for time limits.”
Granger's absence was first reported by me Dallas Express on Friday, which quoted a person in his district who said he was living in a Texas mental health facility.
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Axios political reporter Hans Nichols admitted he missed out on a story about Granger due to limited journalistic resources on CNN Monday.
“(We) … have limited resources and limited time to report all these stories. That said, we should have gotten Kay Granger's story. I mean, I'll have a part of it. , as someone who spends some time on the Hill .. you know, in general, we are all guilty.
Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, is leaving the Caucus meeting of the House Republicans Capitol Hill Club in Washington in 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Granger's story comes after a year that was defined by President Biden's mental and emotional issues that forced him out of the Democratic nomination. Reports emerged of a concerted effort to hide his decline from the public.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierrewho has repeatedly deflected questions about Biden's ability to serve, told CNN in June 2022 that he too was having trouble keeping up with the president.
“Don, you're asking me this question,” a visibly surprised Jean-Pierre exclaimed. “Oh my gosh. He's the President of the United States.”
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Executive Director of Women for America First, Kylie Jane Kremer, wrote about X, “Not only the leadership but all their colleagues who knew. Just as we are angry about Biden, there should be equal anger about Kay Granger.”
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California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said of X that the Congress has a “sclerotic gerontocracy.”
“Kay Granger's prolonged absence reveals the problem with a Congress that values seniority and relationships over merit and opinion. We have a sclerotic gerontocracy. We need term limits. We need to get money more in politics, so that a new generation of Americans can run and serve,” Khann wrote.
Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, at the unveiling of her portrait as Appropriations Committee Chair in Washington, DC. (Kay Granger's Office)
Progressive freelance journalist Ken Klippenstein posted a video of Granger speaking on the House floor, earlier in 2024.
“The comment that no one knows about congresswoman Kay Granger's dementia is laughable. Here she is speaking before Congress back in March, shaking and stumbling over every sentence as still relying on one word in the script. This is painful to watch,” Klippenstein shared.
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Granger, 81, did not seek re-election and is retiring at the end of this term congress period next month. He has largely been absent from the Capitol in recent months, last voting on July 24. He was absent for more than 54% of the votes this year. He also resigned from his position on the House Appropriations Committee, which writes bills that support 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.