Late Monday night, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) realized that Google results for his name declared that he had been dead since Sept. 11, 2017.
Google, pulling from the senator's Wikipedia article, listed Hatch as having died on Sept. 11, 2017. Wikipedia, while a great wealth of knowledge, can be updated by anyone. Because of this, it is not immune from the occasional error.
But Hatch decided that he should prove to the world that was alive and had been so the entire time. So he released a series of tweets showing photographic evidence of himself signing bills, presenting German Chancellor Angela Merkel with a gift, meeting other people and attending events, and attending his bacon-themed 84th birthday party from March.
Hi.. @Google?
We might need to talk. pic.twitter.com/vdHbcccy7x
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Here is Senator Hatch reading a newspaper earlier. pic.twitter.com/mRWyhfxece
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Here is a video just last week of Senator Hatch signing bills. pic.twitter.com/A2DtZ1No3z
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
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 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
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 is Hatch last month at the World War II Memorial with Utah honor flight veterans. pic.twitter.com/tUy5a3IPGJ
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
A reminder that Josh and Thamy Holt’s triumphant return to the US of A was just a few months ago. Senator Hatch was very much alive then. pic.twitter.com/8EAK3nOgaT
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Senator Hatch making an important state visit to Chuck A Rama in May. (With audio) pic.twitter.com/s8onBfGBJ0
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Hosting Smokey Robinson in his President Pro Tem Office on May 15. pic.twitter.com/X7TYysbCxi
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
The Senator’s 84th birthday in March.
The theme was bacon. 🥓 pic.twitter.com/qYpBJNNdgx
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Hatch also tweeted a link to three bills he had advanced during that time period, adding: “Even in death, Hatch remains one of the Senate’s most prolific legislators.”
The Wikipedia entry has since been updated.
Hatch spokesperson Matt Whitlock told TheBlaze that Hatch was reportedly “alive and well this morning.” Whitlock went on to say that:
When Senator Hatch first heard of his passing he was quite alarmed. Having advanced 4 major bills last night he was surprised to hear that he may have been dead the whole time. After both the Senator and staff confirmed he was in fact alive and not a part of some kind of Sixth Sense phenomenon, he had a good laugh and may have run several miles to celebrate.
Whitlock also supplied TheBlaze with a link to a tweet showing Hatch reading what he described as “today's newspaper.” While the date on the paper is not clearly visible, the stories on the front page do, in fact, match the stories on the front page of Tuesday's edition of The Washington Post.
Catching up on the news this morning, grateful to be alive. pic.twitter.com/YDrYQowQlN
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
