In 2023, a small website called The Dallas Express picked up a startling allegation: Texas Rep. Kay Granger, one of the most powerful GOP members of Congress, was struggling with dementia.
The publication “actually got a tip from a senior staffer in her office that she was having issues,” said Chris Putnam, the Express ’ CEO. “They got the date and location for her visiting the Brain Institute and had a reporter there and got eyes on her. They didn’t get a photograph of her.”
There wasn’t enough to go on. But the next year, the idea was still around, even though Granger had stepped down from chairing the Appropriations Committee and wasn’t running again. When the publication was unable to reach the Fort Worth Republican for a story, Putnam said, “I checked roll call, and I saw that she hadn’t cast a vote since early July.”…