Sen. Orrin Hatch’s office got an unexpected surprise on Monday when they discovered that a Google search claims the longtime member of Congress died last year.
Hatch’s office sent out a tweet disputing Hatch’s untimely demise according to Newsweek.
Hi.. @Google?
We might need to talk. pic.twitter.com/vdHbcccy7x
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Hatch’s office then sent out a number of tweets showing the Senator alive and well.
Pictures shared by his team to prove that Hatch was indeed alive and well—and had been since the listing of his apparent September 2017 demise—included him signing a bill just last week, and celebrating his 84th birthday in March, which appeared to have a bacon theme judging by the picture and messages included in the tweet.
Among the messages that were posted in response to the incorrect report of his death was a video showing the senator greeting Josh and Thamy Holt, who returned to the U.S. in May after being held for two years in a Venezuelan prison.
Hatch’s listing was changed within an hour to reflect that he, in fact, did not die.
