Republicans will vote for you even if you have dementia.

She was MIA.

Link to the letter:

https://jackson.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2.15.24_final_letter_to_president_biden_re_cognitive_exam.pdf

I was told here on DU just last week that "experience and seniority" were more important in a politician than ability.

Constituents contact their reps every day. Even if she gave orders this is that way it was to be, is that ethical? Not very responsible. The press should have noticed she wasn't voting. There's probably no way to remove from office for medical reasons, for a temp appt. by the Governor.

But I do believe in term limits and age limits. If you're in your 80's, step back and enjoy those final years in private life.

Apparently her constituents were not concerned with her disappearance .

From my perspective one less automatic Republican vote was fine.

But, jokes aside, the larger story here is ... How is this possible? What happened with this woman's colleagues - committee memberships - party leadership - and probably most critically, her staff? It seems almost certain that there are equal parts absolute dereliction - and at least some degree of cover-up.

But if I was a news organization in that area - I'd be going straight to leadership and saying, "What the hell went on here?!"

It is not plausible that nobody ever asked why she wasn't showing up to vote.

Don't have the energy to dig into congressional voting records just now, but sure am curious if there was an official proxy, or if the GOP House members just made up a vote for her because they needed the numbers.

Or there are issues where no one really cares if there is a missing vote etc.
She probably hasn't been voting and her vote wasn't needed etc.

She should have resigned, but she didn't. Unless they're relying on the member for specific votes, this is quite possible.

But this poses the question: how did she get re-elected? Inquiring minds &m.

Guessing she knew she was in terrible decline.

EDIT: I see her last vote was in July. But was she hidden away to maintain her seat instead of having a special election? Look for wrongdoing, not hypocrisy. We already know they’re hypocrites.