For the past six months, one of the most powerful Republicans in Congress has been missing – not just from Washington but from public life entirely. Turns out, Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger, 81 – who is two months older than Joe Biden – has been living in a luxury nursing home while failing to cast a single vote since July, effectively vanishing from the job she was elected to do.
Granger, who is set to officially retire in January after nearly three decades in office, is reportedly residing at Tradition-Clearfork, an upscale assisted living facility in Fort Worth that specializes in memory care. The shocking revelation comes after local journalist Carlos Turcios noted Granger’s disappearance from her offices, which have been empty and unstaffed for months. Calls to her offices went straight to voicemail, and visits to her district headquarters found no sign of life.
A tip from a concerned constituent led to the stunning discovery: Granger had been quietly admitted to the care home after being found “wandering, lost and confused” in her district.
Two staff members at Tradition-Clearfork confirmed her residency, with Assistant Executive Director Taylor Manziel bluntly saying, “This is her home.”
Meanwhile, as crucial votes pile up in Washington – from the debt ceiling to national security – Granger’s seat sits empty, leaving nearly 2 million constituents without a voice. Local Republican leaders are furious.
“This is outrageous,” said Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French. “Important decisions are being made every day, and our district is left completely unrepresented. The lack of a Republican vote from CD-12 could tip the scales in a razor-thin Congress. We deserve better.”
Republican Committeeman Rolando Garcia didn’t hold back. “This is a humiliating end to a long career. Kay Granger was clearly in visible decline when she ran for re-election in 2022, and now she’s stuck in a nursing home, unable to vote. This is a failure of leadership – someone should have stepped in long before this happened.”
Despite being physically and mentally incapacitated, Granger and her staff continue to collect taxpayer-funded salaries.
The Tradition-Clearfork facility, where she resides, charges over $4,000 a month for rent, offering lavish amenities such as a movie theater, an indoor pool, and a 24-hour concierge.
Even more perplexing, her successor, Craig Goldman, has yet to be sworn in, leaving the seat essentially vacant. Critics question why Goldman hasn’t stepped up to fill the void, especially as Democrats like New Jersey’s Andy Kim were sworn in early to fill crucial vacancies.
Granger’s disappearance isn’t just a political scandal – it’s a glaring example of the dysfunction within Congress.
Until her absence, Granger was the formidable chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee and a key force in securing military funding, particularly for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program in her district. In November 2023, she announced she would not seek reelection, marking the end of her groundbreaking career as Fort Worth’s first female mayor and Texas’ first GOP congresswoman.
But now, her legacy risks being overshadowed by the mystery and mismanagement surrounding her final days in office.
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She’s Republican and he’s Democrat! Perhaps he can move in with Nancy Pelosi? Neither will recognize the other.
Very unkind title.
Not appropriate for anyone claiming to represent the yeshiva world. Please change it, thanks.
What a disgraceful, disrepectful, childish headline, what a chillul hashem for a news media outlet that’s supposed to be “frim”, shameful
Whatever your political affiliation or opinion of these two people, it is wrong and a great Chilul Hashem to poke fun at the elderly and dementia in general. Whoever chose that headline should change it. Dementia can happen to anyone, even you.
She is obviously ill. And she is being treated in the nursing home. This is no different than if she, G-d forbid, had a heart attack and was hospitalized. No one would fault her for having a heart attack or going to the hospital, and no one can fault her for having suffered from cognitive decline and be treated in a home.
Posters #2, 3 & 4; you arr so right! I regret my comment too. You are right!
I have long since given up appealing to those who compose the childish, tabloidy, and downright embarrasing headlines of the American desk of YWN. And in ALL CAPS – before the actual news part – so you can’t miss it. Don’t waste your energy.
Term limits for both the Congress and Senate should be mandated. Hopefully President Trump will push for it.
This headline is disgusting, shameful and a tremendous chilul Hashem. It’s very childish too.
While this situation with her empty seat is obviously ludicrous, how can frum yidden poke fun at the elderly and at dementia?! Besides; is this how we write about former leaders in our country in any forum, let alone a public forum?! Have we entirely forgotten that we are in Golus? Shame on you “Yeshiva World” Network.
YWN – Please remove this article. What a chillul Hashem! Makes this site seem like a Jewish “National Enquirer”
It’s bad enough when people who comment on your articles (whose titles are becoming “click bait” more and more!!) come up with embarrassing statements.
This goes beyond that ….
Don’t agree with the other posters-
By running and serving in a public office her mental acuity becomes a public issue.
She should’ve stepped down as soon as she was diagnosed.
This was extremely unfair to her district and to the other Republicans in congress.
I have the same comment when people say it’s not nice to show videos of Biden fumbling etc.
Weeeeeeeeeeell, he chose that (or it was chosen for him) by running for President.
Either one, their mental decline would never have been mentioned, questioned and discussed had they not had a current responsibility to the Public
Anyone who thinks Joe Biden is in dementia is seriosly mistaken. He is as sharp as a tack and more so. This is all an act to avoid prosecution for his treasoness actions and war crimes against humanity.
I agree. The headline is not appropriate. While it’s true that mental acuity is a public issue, the issue needs to be discussed in a respectful manner.
Please edit the headline. A website that claims to be “frum” should know better
The basic story is appropriate although I don’t know why YWN considers it to be newsworthy in the frum world. The headline is ridiculous. A frum website should not be suggesting men and women become room mates and they should be more respectful of people with dementia. It is a tragedy and an illness that many families are coping with. Just say she’s in a nursing home and leave Biden out of it.
Besides being disrespectful, the headline misses the point of the story. The congresswoman is unfortunately facing a serious challenge and deserves our compassion. I’m glad to hear she is in a place where she can get the help she needs. The villains in this story are her staff who never bothered to tell anyone that their boss was incapacitated, perhaps so they could keep collecting their paychecks without having to work.
Similarly, Biden is not to blame for his cognitive decline and should be treated with respect, but his staff who hid the fact from everyone for months and years in order to protect their jobs and influence are worthy targets of outrage.
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Noone said the article doesn’t have merit, or is inappropriate. Noone said her mental state is not worthy of public news, most people commenting still have morals and understand that the HEADLINE is very inappropriate, that’s all. It’s very different than posting a video of Biden stumbling on stairs. The headline is demeaning and poking fun at elderly people and their challenges, something every human may deal with some day, with themselves or with a parent. Besides; regardless of what we may feel, they have both served this country for decades. Such a headline is not a way to treat leaders, certainly not for a frum news forum. And, no I am not a supporter of Biden, very very far from it. But we are Yidden, we are different. We are in Golus. Yidden don’t act like this. Please find me even ONE Gadol, from ANY major frum community that has no issue with such a headline. Find me one.
Golus isn’t the point for the headline being inappropriate. Had we not be in golus would this headline still be unmannered and disresppectful. You never use weekness of others esppceially health problems for your own sake-in this case- a headline.
First of all, she hasn’t been missing for six months, since she cast a vote five months ago.
Second, she hasn’t been “one of the most powerful Republicans”, or indeed held any special position since April. She announced more than a year ago that she would not recontest her seat. What more could be demanded of her?
Resigning would not give her constituents any representation. The seat would just remain vacant for the rest of the term. And that’s been the case since at least October if not earlier.
And whichever idiot asked why her successor hasn’t been sworn in yet is just showing the world that he’s an idiot. Craig Goldman was elected to a term beginning on January 3. He will be sworn in on that day, and there is no possible way for him to be sworn in even one day earlier. Andy Kim is a senator, not a representative; anyone who doesn’t know that, or understand the difference, has no business writing on politics.