Congresswoman Kay Granger's prolonged absence from Capitol Hill has raised questions about her health. Sources reveal her recent move to a retirement facility and signs of dementia, prompting discussions about her well-being and ability to serve.
Rep. Kay Granger , R-Texas, experienced a 'very rapid' decline since moving into a retirement facility, her son said, after it was discovered over the weekend that the congresswoman had been absent from her duties in the Capitol for nearly six months. Brandon Granger told the New York Post that his mother made the decision to move into the retirement community on her own, though she has since shown signs of dementia over the past three months.
The 81-year-old congresswoman, who did not seek re-election and is retiring at the end of this congressional term, has largely remained absent from the Capitol in recent months, having last cast votes on July 24. She was not present for over 54% of votes this year. Granger’s absence was first reported by the Dallas Express on Friday in a piece that quoted a constituent of her district who said that Granger was residing in a memory care facility in Texas. A source in Granger’s office spoke to Fox News on Sunday, denying that the congresswoman was in the facility’s memory care unit. The source said Granger was residing in the retirement facility where memory care is provided, though not in the memory care unit itself. Brandon Granger excoriated the reports that said his mother was in the memory care unit after she was found wandering as 'a load of bulls–t.' 'They have a memory care facility there, but she’s in independent living facility,' Brandon Granger told The Post. 'It’s a nice condo. I helped her move in.' Brandon Granger added that his mother’s decline has been 'very rapid and very difficult,' though he did not say whether she had received treatment at the memory facility, the Post reporte
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