Utah paper drops Christmas Day bomb on Orrin Hatch for his lack of integrity,

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unquenchable thirst for power.'

'One of the most prominent newspapers in Utah mockingly named Republican Senator Orrin Hatch as “Utahn of the Year,” saying he deserved the honor for his stunning “lack of integrity.”

In a scathing Salt Lake Tribune editorial posted on Christmas Day, the editorial board claimed the longtime GOP senator had an extraordinary year — but not for any good reasons.

The editorial began by explaining that, traditionally, the honor goes to “the Utahn who, over the past 12 months, has done the most. Has made the most news. Has had the biggest impact. For good or for ill.”

In the case of Hatch, the paper filed him in the “Ill” column.

The choice of Hatch had “little to do with the fact that, after 42 years, he is the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history, that he has been a senator from Utah longer than three-fifths of the state’s population has been alive,” the paper explained.

“It has everything to do with recognizing: Hatch’s part in the dramatic dismantling of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. His role as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in passing a major overhaul of the nation’s tax code. His utter lack of integrity that rises from his unquenchable thirst for power,” the piece ticked off.'>>>

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/utah-paper-drops-christmas-day-bomb-on-orin-hatch-for-his-lack-of-integrity-unquenchable-thirst-for-power/