Orrin Hatch Ready to Confirm Gorsuch ‘By Whatever Means Necessary’

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Another veteran Republican senator is ready to thwart an unprecedented filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.

“We are going to confirm Judge Gorsuch. By whatever means necessary,” Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah told THE WEEKLY STANDARD on Tuesday. The 83-year-old Hatch has been serving in the Senate since 1977 and is widely recognized as an establishment Republican who has taken in an interest in defending the Senate as an institution.

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