Rumors of Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch’s demise are greatly exaggerated — and he’s proving it with bacon.
The mischievous lawmaker, whose Twitter feed is regularly filled with jabs, memes and general tomfoolery, mocked Google after he found that his search biography showed he died on Sept. 11, 2017.
Such fact boxes are automatically populated from a variety of sources, and so it was not a manual change by a Google employee. But Hatch had some questions and he tweeted a screenshot of the erroneous information.
We might need to talk. pic.twitter.com/vdHbcccy7x
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
While the 84-year-old is retiring at the end of his term, he is still very much alive and kicking. So he decided to prove it, by showing himself engaging in a number of activities.
“Here is Senator Hatch reading a newspaper earlier,” read the first tweet, accompanied by an image that showed exactly that.
Here is Senator Hatch reading a newspaper earlier. pic.twitter.com/mRWyhfxece
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
And it went on.
“Here is Senator Hatch giving Chancellor Merkel a gift and telling her she is terrific earlier this month on 7/6,” another read.
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
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
Finally, just to put the nail in the coffin of the fake death notice, he tweeted out a picture of his 84th birthday bash in March, nearly six months after Google had him down as pushing up the daisies. The theme for that celebration was bacon.
The Senator’s 84th birthday in March.
The theme was bacon. 🥓 pic.twitter.com/qYpBJNNdgx
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018