'Well, They Are Idiots': GOP Senator Tees Off on Democrats Over Committee Boycott

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite



by Justin Baragona | 1:34 pm, January 31st, 2017

Following Democrats of the Senate Finance Committee announcing that they were boycotting the committee votes of two of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, thus creating a delay in advancing the nominations to the Senate floor for a vote, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) had some harsh words for them.

Speaking to CNN’s Manu Raju, Hatch teed off on the Dems for not allowing a vote in committee to be taken on Treasury nominee Steve Mnuchin or HHS nominee Tom Price.

“Well, they are idiots,” Hatch said. “It’s just complete breach of decorum, a complete breach of committee rules, a complete breach of just getting along around here.”

Democrats have claimed they are boycotting because they feel Mnuchin and Price were not truthful and they would like the two nominees to clarify what they lied about.

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[muntrv]

1. Hatch: "How dare they pull a McConnell!"

[PatSeg]

8. Exactly

It is okay if republicans do it, but not when Democrats do it.

[Angry Dragon]

14. I third that

[dalton99a]

31. +1

[HassleCat]

2. Hatch is still alive? How do they do that?

Daily formaldehyde transfusions?

[niyad]

7. unicorn blood, or the sorcerer's stone???

[Xolodno]

19. Nope.

The Dark Side is strong with this one....

[niyad]

30. sadly, you are quite correct.

[mikeysnot]

27. Cause evil never dies.....

Dick Cheney, Strom Thurmond.... et al.

[yuiyoshida]

3. Give them HELL DEMOCRATS!

[slumcamper]

4. ...umm, and this is any worse than the GOP stonewalling Garland?

[ck4829]

5. "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

They ignore the rising discontent, and now Hatch is joining in the mocking done by the golden manchild, that's all.

Let's see how this plays out.

[oberliner]

9. That sequence seems to have just played out with Trump

Unfortunately for all of us.

[ck4829]

24. What did Trump win? A joke of an "election"?

I don't think we're quite finished yet.

[oberliner]

29. The presidency

I know it feels like a bad dream.

[onecaliberal]

6. Democrats are following the will of the people

[Vinca]

10. You'd think Republicans had never done similar things.

It went on for 8 years and we apparently have better memories than Orrin Hatch.

[monmouth4]

11. Oh Orrin, you know us so well..One son of a breach after another. Suck it up..n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

12. So was not holding hearings on Merrick Garland.

[Doitnow]

13. He should know all about breaches.

[brooklynite]

15. When I think of the GOP today, "decorum" is the first word that comes to mind...

[Matthew28]

17. The gop is a stain on this country

[yellowcanine]

16. Orrin "Upperdown Vote" Hatch is back!

And here I thought he had died since we did not hear from him for 8 years. Silly me.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Ow, That Stings!

Not me, i meant Hatch. He has a sad.

[madokie]

20. F' hatch

[Thor_MN]

21. Poor little snowflake

Got a taste of what they have been dishing up for years and finds out it tastes bad.

Somebody call him a whaaaaambulance.

[sarcasmo]

22. "getting along" F-you Hatch, you obstructed President Obama for 8 years.

[dhill926]

23. would love to hear dems PUBLICLY call him out...

on the hypocrisy. If I missed any....good for them.

[Tatiana]

25. Decorum went out the window a long time ago.

Dems need to send the Republicans a huge FU each and every day.

[unblock]

26. So calling other senators "idiots" is decorum and getting along?

[Initech]

28. No, Hatch, the GOP are the idiots. They're destroying this country and getting away with it.