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Rumours of Orrin Hatch’s death have been exaggerated. On Tuesday evening, it transpired that Google was telling searchers that Orrin Hatch, the retiring senior senator from Utah and one of the giants of the US Senate, had died.
You might remember Hatch, who is 84 and a veteran Republican, as the senator who went viral recently for a video in which he was seen in a Senate hearing removing a pair of glasses that he was not, in fact, wearing:
WATCH: Sen. Orrin Hatch removes a pair of glasses he’s not wearing pic.twitter.com/QXCCb4RHzn
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) January 16, 2018
Despite this forgetfulness, Senator Hatch is still in fact very much alive, and his social media operators spent a heady afternoon proving that point to the internet.
“Google, we might need to talk,” Hatch’s official account tweeted:
Hi.. @Google?
We might need to talk. pic.twitter.com/vdHbcccy7x
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Then followed a joyous thread of pictures of the senator doing very alive things. Here he is reading a newspaper:
Here is Senator Hatch reading a newspaper earlier. pic.twitter.com/mRWyhfxece
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Here he is doing serious Senator stuff:
Here is a video just last week of Senator Hatch signing bills. pic.twitter.com/A2DtZ1No3z
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Here he is doing serious media stuff:
Here is Senator Hatch preparing for an interview just weeks ago. Alive and well.
You can find those interviews (proof of life) here—> https://t.co/ZFiA5xDCeA pic.twitter.com/23QQVZ939A
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Here he is doing serious diplomacy:
Here is Senator Hatch giving Chancellor Merkel a gift and telling her she is terrific earlier this month on 7/6.
More on that trip —> https://t.co/rENjcEc0ar pic.twitter.com/Ba517tNAjr
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Here he is doing serious judicial review stuff:
And here is Senator Hatch prior to his meeting with Judge Kavanaugh just weeks ago. https://t.co/83nmqPzguP pic.twitter.com/htIVnJhjSx
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Here he is celebrating his recent birthday the serious way: with bacon:
The Senator’s 84th birthday in March.
The theme was bacon. pic.twitter.com/qYpBJNNdgx
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
And, just so we’re clear, here he is reading the newspaper this morning, again, definitely alive:
Last but not least, Senator Hatch reading the newspaper this morning. pic.twitter.com/MNJuwFUeKA
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018