Earlier today, Think Progress pointed out that Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) was present at a fundraiser for the right-wing Committee for Justice, a the group that is now sliming Judge Sonia Sotomayor as a terrorist. We wondered whether Republican senators are willing to defend CFJ’s ad. Huffington Post’s Sam Stein asked Hatch’s office, which responded by distancing itself from CFJ:
Asked if he agreed with the ad pushed by the group for which he once raised money, the senator’s spokesperson, Andrea Saul, relayed the following message from Hatch himself: “I haven’t seen the ad, but it sounds pretty harsh. Not the type of ad I would run.”
Is Jeff Sessions prepared to follow Hatch’s lead?
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