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BREAKING: Sen. Orrin Hatch Announces Retirement – Will Not Seek Reelection
Gateway Pundit ^ | 01/02/17

Posted on 01/02/2018 12:01:42 PM PST by Liberty7732

Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the longest serving Republican Senator in U.S. history, announced Tuesday he is retiring from the Senate at the end of his term.

This is a blow to the Trump administration. Trump encouraged Orrin Hatch to run for re-election.

Trump and Bannon have been working to block RINO hack Mitt Romney from running for the Utah Senate seat.

Mitt Romney has until March 15 to file for Hatch’s Senate seat.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: 115th; 4; hatch; orrinhatchretiring
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To: DoughtyOne
He was a milk-toast RINO, favored by McConnell, Ryan, and the GOPe.

And strongly favored by President Trump.

21 posted on 01/02/2018 12:20:58 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: 1Old Pro

His handlers will pay him to run. And that will be another vote never to get rid of Obamacare.


22 posted on 01/02/2018 12:21:08 PM PST by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: DoughtyOne

I totally agree with you. She is a total loss.


23 posted on 01/02/2018 12:21:23 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: outpostinmass2

Did his family ever re-establish U.S. citizenship after they defected to Mexico?


24 posted on 01/02/2018 12:21:36 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Don Corleone

“The Dems get control without firing a shot”

How do you figure? They have not resigned they are not seeking re-election. We could end up 3 real Repubs to replace them.


25 posted on 01/02/2018 12:21:44 PM PST by gibsonguy
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Rep. Mia Love had harsh words for President Donald Trump Thursday.

The statement released by Love’s office reads: “Today’s tweet by POTUS undermines the Presidency and was absolutely inappropriate, no matter how much he feels he is the subject of ridicule from others. I wouldn’t accept behavior like this from my children.”


26 posted on 01/02/2018 12:21:54 PM PST by proust (Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
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To: DoughtyOne

It wasn’t just one right in who got the votes, everybody from the guy actually asking for votes, to Santa Clause, God, and Nick Saban...Mickey Mouse....

But, the loss by Moore can actually be blamed on the one million registered, so called Republicans who stayed home.


27 posted on 01/02/2018 12:22:20 PM PST by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: 1Old Pro

His handlers will pay him to run. And that will be another vote never to get rid of Obamacare.


28 posted on 01/02/2018 12:22:36 PM PST by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: joesbucks

Who is the designated replacement?


29 posted on 01/02/2018 12:23:44 PM PST by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: nickcarraway

Because McConnell and Ryan told him they couldn’t hold the seat if he didn’t.

And then they used every tactic known to man to defeat Moore, to prove themselves right at the cost of a Senate seat.

I’ve never seen a more pronounced self over nation moment.


30 posted on 01/02/2018 12:24:56 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell, Ryan, and the whole GOPe are dead to me. Are Alabamans tired of winning?)
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To: Liberty7732

Whoever is nominated better have a cleaner background then Roy Moore did.


31 posted on 01/02/2018 12:25:22 PM PST by floridavoter2
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To: Mollypitcher1
Thanks Mollypitcher1.
32 posted on 01/02/2018 12:25:56 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell, Ryan, and the whole GOPe are dead to me. Are Alabamans tired of winning?)
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To: Liberty7732

Romney would vote to convict Trump in the Senate.


33 posted on 01/02/2018 12:30:21 PM PST by Az Joe (Gloria in excelsis Deo)
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To: DoughtyOne

No actually conservatives by the number 600,000 didn’t show up and vote for Moore like they did Trump. That is the bottom line. It was a disaster to have Moore as the candidate and nothing McConnell or other did changed that. However, having Romney lose because he is not perfect will allow another Democrat to win. Eventually we will lose the majority if they follow your plan. We should be close to 60 seats in 2018, but instead we MIGHT get our 52 again. So stupid. And the House? Good grief what a mess that is going to be.


34 posted on 01/02/2018 12:31:36 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: nickcarraway

[And strongly favored by President Trump. ]

Perhaps Trump knew the level of mud that was going to be slung at Moore, true or not, and felt a RINO would be better than a Dem.


35 posted on 01/02/2018 12:32:27 PM PST by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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To: nickcarraway

Mormonism trumps home state.


36 posted on 01/02/2018 12:32:27 PM PST by Rebelbase (The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.-- H.L. Mencken)
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To: Shadowstrike

They pulled out all the stops.

Granted the Democrats got more people out, but that goes to organization too. The party is supposed to help get out the vote. The party was MIA. McConnell, Ryan, Shelby,... by the time they were done, it’s amazing Moore did as well as he did.

The Democrats gathered around their candidate heaping a 10-14 to one amount of campaign cash on Moore’s rival. Everyone in the Democrat party was pulling for him, and the Republican leadership was also.

Despite this, Moore came within 1.5% of winning.

Imagine the victory we could have had here. We’ll not get anyone better than Moore when it comes to Conservative votes.

This was a once in a few decades chance to really make a difference.

They did to Moore, what they desperately hoped would happen to Trump.


37 posted on 01/02/2018 12:33:11 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell, Ryan, and the whole GOPe are dead to me. Are Alabamans tired of winning?)
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To: proust

[Rep. Mia Love had harsh words for President Donald Trump Thursday.]

I would gladly send money to her CONSERVATIVE primary opponent....


38 posted on 01/02/2018 12:34:20 PM PST by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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To: DoughtyOne

Oh, please, now you claim Trump is a wimp who takes orders? Trump loved Strange and was very harsh against Moore and said he would never win.


39 posted on 01/02/2018 12:35:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: napscoordinator

Do you realize how much on the record stuff you have to ignore to come up with that conclusion?

There is a mountain of evidence, concerning what was done to undercut Moore by REPUBLICANS.

Please stop posting the McConnell, Ryan, Shelby, GOPe line on the forum.

Our own party submarined Moore as badly as I have ever seen a candidate get submarined by his own party, and here folks are spouting GOPe propaganda, without realizing it.


40 posted on 01/02/2018 12:39:37 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell, Ryan, and the whole GOPe are dead to me. Are Alabamans tired of winning?)
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