We have known for years that dead Democrats still vote, but now a new precedent has been set: Dead Democrats also post posthumously to social media, especially when it is to condemn President Donald Trump over his dismantling of the Department of Education.
On Thursday, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) passed away due to complications from treatment for lung cancer. Because of this battle, Grijalva has been mostly absent on Capitol Hill, and hadn’t cast a vote since being sworn in on January 3, and voting for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for Speaker of the House. We all know how that went.
A correspondent from the Tucson Sentinel, who named Grijalva as a mentor, said the quiet part out loud: it was time for the 77-year old, who held the title of longest-serving Arizona congressman, to step aside. Despite a few statements and X posts about Trump and Elon/DOGE…
