A video went viral on twitter of Senator Orrin Hatch attempting to remove glasses – even though he was not wearing any at the time.
The glasses gaffe shows the senator lifting his hands to his head, bringing his fingers to his temples — where the frame of glasses would rest, if he was wearing them — and going through the motions of taking them off.
The Republican lawmaker responded via a spokesperson on Twitter who suggested his “invisible” specs were just too hipster for anyone to have “heard of them.”
Did Orin Hatch just remove imaginary eye glasses? LOL @RichardSiferd @julieco345 @ryorke pic.twitter.com/EGHFEJAdib
— Leslie (@leslierig) January 16, 2018
“Oh you mean his invisible glasses from Warby Parker? They’re new, you’ve probably never heard of them.”
Oh you mean his invisible glasses from Warby Parker? They’re new, you’ve probably never heard of them. pic.twitter.com/pygTRwbJl7
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) January 16, 2018
The removal of these “invisible glasses” occurred as Hatch prepared to hear questions at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
According to The Hill, Hatch’s communications director Matt Whitlock said, “The Senator wears reading glasses and normally reads over his notes one last time before questioning witnesses in a hearing… [He] forgot them at home, so it was simply muscle memory to reach to take them off before his questioning began.”
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I thought we are not meant to make fun of people as frum jews
All members of congress are imaginary law makers.
Why do you think he is “retiring” so that Mitt Romney can take his seat? Give the guy a break…he is in his 80s and actually rather coherent compared to some of his chronologically younger colleagues. He doesn’t say “up’ on live TV and then 30 seconds later try to insist he said “down” and then accuse you of spreading “fake” news.
How many have reached for their invisible Tefillin on Shabbos or Yom Tov?