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DURHAM D

(33,097 posts) Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:16 PM 15 hrs ago

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What do you think is going on with Congressman Tom Kean ?

Should he still be receiving a paycheck?

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What do you think is going on with Congressman Tom Kean ? (Original Post) DURHAM D 15 hrs ago OP

This bizarre. He's not been seen since March 5th. underpants 15 hrs ago #1

My money is on rehab. NT Happy Hoosier 15 hrs ago #6

Agree, rehab fits with everything his camp has said publicly LR3 14 hrs ago #9

He's either in a mental facility or in rehab. Dulcinea 14 hrs ago #18

I'm starting to wonder if we've got another Rep Kay Granger situation going on Torchlight 15 hrs ago #2

I forgot about that. Thanks DURHAM D 15 hrs ago #4

Could very well be a Granger situation underpants 14 hrs ago #14

He missed over 100 votes................. Lovie777 15 hrs ago #3

I think that he is very ill BlueWaveNeverEnd 15 hrs ago #5

My guess is it's rather grim bucolic_frolic 15 hrs ago #7

Yesterday... 2naSalit 14 hrs ago #10

Sympathy for the illness, not for the deception. Raven123 14 hrs ago #11

I can feel sympathy for loved ones. But MAGAts? Nope. Happy Hoosier 14 hrs ago #12

Prob in moscow getting orders SheltieLover 14 hrs ago #8

You could do a Bingo card on this man MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #13

For all of them! SheltieLover 14 hrs ago #17

Gender re-assignment surgery! Ars Longa 14 hrs ago #15

Not scandalous at all. JFC. Should be an automatic forfeit. miyazaki 14 hrs ago #16

underpants

(197,407 posts)

1. This bizarre. He's not been seen since March 5th.

Reply to DURHAM D (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:20 PM

15 hrs ago

Link to tweet

?s=46

Happy Hoosier

(9,669 posts)

6. My money is on rehab. NT

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:26 PM

15 hrs ago

LR3

(202 posts)

9. Agree, rehab fits with everything his camp has said publicly

Reply to Happy Hoosier (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:35 PM

14 hrs ago

Although we can dream that he is just recovering from having a MAGAectomy.

Dulcinea

(10,362 posts)

18. He's either in a mental facility or in rehab.

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 01:27 PM

14 hrs ago

Either way, his constituents deserve to know his whereabouts.

Torchlight

(7,110 posts)

2. I'm starting to wonder if we've got another Rep Kay Granger situation going on

Reply to DURHAM D (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:22 PM

15 hrs ago

(Granger had been residing in an assisted living facility in Fort Worth while still acting Rep. for about six months before it was announced)

DURHAM D

(33,097 posts)

4. I forgot about that. Thanks

Reply to Torchlight (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:25 PM

15 hrs ago

underpants

(197,407 posts)

14. Could very well be a Granger situation

Reply to Torchlight (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 01:12 PM

14 hrs ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Granger

Lovie777

(23,969 posts)

3. He missed over 100 votes.................

Reply to DURHAM D (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:23 PM

15 hrs ago

Mike Johnson knows.

shithole knows.

Maybe one day we will know.

And yes, he's still receiving paychecks by yours truly, the taxpayers.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,181 posts)

5. I think that he is very ill

Reply to DURHAM D (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:26 PM

15 hrs ago

bucolic_frolic

(56,052 posts)

7. My guess is it's rather grim

Reply to DURHAM D (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:27 PM

15 hrs ago

and sympathy should be felt for the sick.

Debilitating or disfiguring illness and extensive rehab/reconstruction period.

Settling down a virus or systemic inflammation could involve months of steroids. Might be a possibility.

Totally a guess.

2naSalit

(104,053 posts)

10. Yesterday...

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:38 PM

14 hrs ago

I was wondering if he's been physically incapacitated in some way.

But I'm not beyond wondering if he's even real and not AI.

Raven123

(7,951 posts)

11. Sympathy for the illness, not for the deception.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:41 PM

14 hrs ago

Sick? Heck. His constituents don't know if he alive.

Happy Hoosier

(9,669 posts)

12. I can feel sympathy for loved ones. But MAGAts? Nope.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:49 PM

14 hrs ago

Further, whatever it is, he owes it to his constiuents to be transparent. They deserve representation. If he is unable to provide it in the long term, he needs to resign.

SheltieLover

(82,001 posts)

8. Prob in moscow getting orders

Reply to DURHAM D (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:31 PM

14 hrs ago

MustLoveBeagles

(17,719 posts)

13. You could do a Bingo card on this man

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #8)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:51 PM

14 hrs ago

That could be one of the choices

SheltieLover

(82,001 posts)

17. For all of them!

Reply to MustLoveBeagles (Reply #13)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 01:22 PM

14 hrs ago

Ars Longa

(607 posts)

15. Gender re-assignment surgery!

Reply to DURHAM D (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 01:14 PM

14 hrs ago

RandySF mentioned this earlier.
‘Purely speculation—but interesting & would be off the irony Meter
For the GOP!!!

miyazaki

(2,690 posts)

16. Not scandalous at all. JFC. Should be an automatic forfeit.

Reply to DURHAM D (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 01:21 PM

14 hrs ago

The hell is wrong with this place. Everything.

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