The GOP lawmaker has missed about 50 roll call votes, and colleagues have not heard from him, Politico reports.

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) has vanished from Capitol Hill, and colleagues have not heard from the two-term congressman who lasted voted on March 5, Politico reported Wednesday.

Kean’s team told the outlet he has unspecified health issues, but even fellow Republicans in the New Jersey delegation have been unable to reach him, the outlet noted.

GOP Reps. Jeff Van Drew and Chris Smith have reached out to Kean to check on his welfare, only to be met with “radio silence,” Van Drew said. Ditto for Republicans in the New York delegation, Politico wrote.

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[–] 90 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Dude is probably dead and they just won’t tell anyone to retain power.

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  • [–] 51 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    With any luck, he fell down a well and has been surviving on bugs.

    And with just a bit more luck, that is where he will remain.

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  • [–] 37 points 5 months ago

    Least destructive republican.

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  • [–] 25 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Didn't they find one senator from the south or something in a memory care facility?

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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    He's probably just hiking the Appalachian trail, starting at the Argentinian end.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago

    He's just hiking the Appalachian trail, no biggie.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    Kean consultant Harrison Neely told the site that Kean “will be back on a regular full schedule very soon.” Union County GOP Chair Carlos Santos said, “I don’t even know the truth myself,” yet indicated he was texting with Kean “and was told he’ll be fine.”

    As one does/is.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    Was he last seen with Kash Patel? Could just be on a bender.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago

    A New Jersey political figure is missing?

    Is it Thursday already?

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Probable dead from auto-erotic asphyxiation, in a leather gimp suit, hanging in a wardrobe.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago*

    I don't think so. Probably figured out if he doesn't show up, he still gets paid. That being said, there is a non zero chance he is found hanging from a noose in his closet, with his shriveled dick in his hand.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago

    If I'm even late to work once, I'll get at least 3 angry calls from my boss wondering if I'm still alive and that if I don't show up within the next 30 minutes I should start looking for new employment. How does this guy get to just not show up for FIFTY days and still have a chair/office waiting for him if he ever does return?

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    Well if Feinstein and this guy are both able to, at different times of course, have debilitating health complications that prevent them from showing up to work for major corporate interests maybe it's time for a younger class of corrupt politicians.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Is the GOP about to go all 'Weekend At Bernies' on this guy?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Hair transplant?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    They're gonna find his mummified corpse locked in his attic or something.

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    I feel like news writers that make typos should be fired on sight.

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