Normally Quiet Hatch Goes for the Throat After New Kavanaugh 'Smear Campaign'
During his four decades of service in the United States Senate, Utah Republican Orrin Hatch has accomplished quite a bit and established quite the reputation.
He is officially the longest-serving Republican senator in the country’s history.
But for all of his deeds, Hatch has always succeeded with a somewhat subdued and quiet demeanor. He has always been more of an action versus words type of guy.
But whatever quiet or calm that Hatch typically exhibits, he is still a staunch conservative with an unwavering sense of right and wrong. So when he sees the far left doing wrong, he can’t help but call it out.
And call it out he did.
Hatch scorched Democrats and the far left in a series of blistering Twitter comments on Monday that included his news release describing their campaign against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Specifically, Hatch had been set off by another accuser emerging to point the finger at Kavanaugh in an article in The New Yorker.
NEW: Senator Hatch on the State of Play for Judge Kavanaugh's Confirmation–> https://t.co/GOMVkN89Ky pic.twitter.com/SDiGCWwmGv
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) September 24, 2018
“Last night, Senate Democrats continued their smear campaign against Judge Brett Kavanaugh with a thinly sourced article accusing Judge Kavanaugh of conduct that no eyewitness can even corroborate,” Hatch said in the opening salvo of the barrage.
He wasn’t even close to being done excoriating Senate Democrats.
“Rather than bringing the matter to the attention of committee investigators, Democrats coordinated with members of the media to drop the story in the most dramatic and damaging way possible.”
Hatch also ripped the Senate Democrats’ underhanded tactics of “playing hide the ball” in the Kavanaugh ordeal.
Last nights story.. continues Senate Democrats’ pattern of playing hide the ball, after they spent six weeks sitting on a letter regarding alleged conduct while Judge Kavanaugh was in high school before leaking it to the press. https://t.co/GOMVkN89Ky pic.twitter.com/3EPABvymGr
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) September 24, 2018
Hatch felt compelled to break down the Senate Democrats’ playbook in another scathing tweet.
Last nights article
✔️ Individual came forward because Senate Democrats "came looking"
✔️ Went on record after "6 days of carefully assessing her memories" with a former Democrat elected official
✔️ The NYT found "no one with firsthand knowledge.."https://t.co/GOMVkN89Ky— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) September 24, 2018
Hatch noted that that the new accuser only came forward because Senate Democrats “came looking.” Hatch also skewered the idea of the new accuser needed “6 days of carefully assessing her memories” with a Democratic official. And the kicker, Hatch rightfully homed in on the fact that even the New York Times — a rabidly anti-Trump newspaper — admitted that there was “no one with firsthand knowledge.”
Those are all irrefutable and damning points Hatch makes.
Hatch’s most poignant points were reserved for last.
Every accuser deserves to be heard.
Moreover, a person who has committed sexual assault should not serve on the Supreme Court.
But the way my Democratic colleagues have approached these allegations makes clear that the driving objective here is not truth, but politics. pic.twitter.com/cZYgwWuIgy
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) September 24, 2018
Hatch is 100 percent correct. Every accuser does deserve to be heard. A person who has committed sexual assault shouldn’t be on the Supreme Court.
“But the way my Democratic colleagues have approached these allegations makes clear that the driving objective here is not truth, but politics,” Hatch said. And it’s hard to argue otherwise.
Senate Democrats are demeaning both the Senate and the Supreme Court through their partisan games and transparent attempts at character assassination.
We should hear from Dr. Ford on Thursday as planned. Then we should vote.https://t.co/GOMVkN89Ky
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) September 24, 2018
“Senate Democrats are demeaning both the Senate and the Supreme Court thought their partisan games and transparent attempts at character assassination,” Hatch said in his final tweet in the thread.
Most importantly, Hatch just seems ready to move on.
“We should hear from Dr. Ford on Thursday as planned. Then we should vote.”
It’s hard to argue with anything Hatch said in his Twitter screed. Kavanaugh’s accusers should be heard.
But to ascribe innocence and guilt so concretely at this point? Truth and fairness are clearly not what Senate Democrats are aiming for.
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