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grantcart

(53,061 posts)
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 01:53 PM Oct 2017

Orrin Hatch Tells Friends He Plans to Retire

Source: The Atlantic

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—Senator Orrin Hatch has privately told allies in Utah that he is planning to retire at the end of his term next year, and if he does, Mitt Romney intends to run for his seat, according to five sources familiar with the situation.

Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/hatch-romney/544211/



We are about to see if Mitt Romney has any guts.
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snort

(2,334 posts)
1. I don't believe Romney is the kind of conservative
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:01 PM
Oct 2017

that the trumpers are going to like. I hope I'm not wrong. Is he projected to be a shoe-in?

rurallib

(62,460 posts)
8. didn't Trump humiliate him and make Romney kiss his ass last year
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 03:36 PM
Oct 2017

I think Mitt will do what he is told to do.

IronLionZion

(45,550 posts)
4. Both Hatch and Romney need to speak out against Trump as much as possible
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:11 PM
Oct 2017

many Utah Mormons can't stand that sleazy pussy grabbing adultering immoral bastard

ancianita

(36,147 posts)
7. If Hatch steps down, the indictment chain has to go further than Cochran, Grassley, McConnell,
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 02:37 PM
Oct 2017

Shelby (AL) or McCain, which could then make Diane Feinstein the new Pres Pro Tempore. Eh?

Don't be surprised, either, that FBI indictment chains have gone farther than that.

Which also reminds me of recent calls for hers and Pelosi's retirement. Heh heh

turbinetree

(24,720 posts)
9. So now that this "malignant normality" is thinking and speaking about retiring
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 05:45 PM
Oct 2017

he gets word from the "serial malignant normality " that he is going to downsize Bears Ears and doesn't say a word.

And this "malignant normality" is going to confirm more "malignantly normality's" to the federal bench.

And then he is going to go and sit at his home in Utah and will be getting a taxpayer funded retirement, while the rest of us get screwed.

Then he's going to give his "blessing" , that an another "malignant normality" that has a home in the San Diego area, that has all the trappings for a 6 million dollar home, is going to move back to Utah, and seek and do the same shit and give the same shit, that he performed on the country while he was in office, and let the principles to the Constitution be damned with the current "serial malignant normality" traitor...................your a f*cking coward, a "malignant normality " coward, just like Flake, and Corker.....................

kimbutgar

(21,215 posts)
10. He might retire earlier because hes probably being blackmailed by Russia
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 08:59 PM
Oct 2017

Interesting timing of his, to end the Russia investigation into twitler yesterday.

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