When Senator Orrin Hatch was recently asked by CNN reporter Manu Raju how he felt about President Trump being implicated in felonious campaign finance crimes,  he admonished the nosey reporter by saying that it was just another attempt by Democrats to hurt the president.  After Mr. Raju rudely interrupted the Senator with a querulous fact that it was a Trump appointed federal prosecutor and not the Democrats who were making the accusations, the senator shrewdly pointed out that he “didn’t care,” and added,  “all I can say is he’s doing a good job.” Hatch Glad Pesky Laws Don’t Intimidate Trump

Senator Hatch went on to shame the reporter, taunting him with jabs at his lack of common knowledge of the workings of a modern democracy.  The senator stung the scribe with phrases like “the economy is doing great” and “we are in better shape than before he was president,” verbiage that surely served as a humiliating reminder to Mr. Raju that Orrin Hatch couldn’t be more pleased with the shape of his personal bank accounts.  Cleary the reporter had to realize he was in over his head.  As every good citizen should know there can be no greater president in the eyes of a senator than one that can somehow manage to sign off on a law that passes along  huge windfalls in real estate tax breaks to esteemed members of the legislative branch of our government.  

Continuing his civics tutorial with  this unprepared pupil, Senator Hatch reminded Mr. Raju  that in this country you can make “anything a crime under the current laws” an obvious reference to the fact that we need fewer laws in order that fewer be broken, or maybe we need more laws to counter all the laws that are already being broken.  He was not quite clear on all the crime and brokenness.  But one thing he did make perfectly clear.  He was not about to stand around and do nothing about all the botheration,  and before he retires he is bound and determined to scour the capital city to find out just where all these inconvenient laws are coming from.  

If you are interested in more captivating discussions concerning Senator Orrin Hatch, perhaps you might like to read  Senator Hatch Ranks the Presidents