Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, who as of last month appears to be running for re-election in 2018 despite that fact that he's about 150 years old, has nothing but contempt for the American public. That includes the 212,400 Utahns who stand to lose health coverage under Trumpcare. All these people who are worried about it, he says, are just moochers and apparently deserve to be ignored.
As he left a meeting in the Capitol of the Senate health care working group, which is trying to craft compromise legislation that can pass the Senate without Democrats, Hatch was asked by a reporter, "How does the public's perception of what the House did affect what you are doing?"
"The public wants every dime they can be given," he said. "Let's face it, once you get them on the dole, they'll take every dime they can. We've got to find some way of getting things under control or this country and your future is going to be gone."
What do these people expect? To be able to live? How dare they clutter up his existence with their desire for the necessities of life? Hatch has more important things to worry about than your measly little lives. Like the upcoming fundraiser he's having with House Speaker Paul Ryan benefitting the Hatch Victory Committee.
And yes, in case you're wondering, Hatch is on the Senate's death panel.