--- title: Orrin Hatch Taking Off Invisible Pair of Glasses Becomes Meme description: Sen. Orrin Hatch became a meme sensation overnight after a clip went viral of him removing a pair of glasses that he isn't wearing. canonical: https://time.com/5105754/orrin-hatch-invisible-glasses-memes/ author: Lena Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-17T15:47:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:48.542Z og:title: This Senator Removing Invisible Glasses Just Memes Itself og:description: He had quite the comeback og:url: https://time.com/5105754/orrin-hatch-invisible-glasses-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d1f9cdaf84acb26/6988f87486f68e03ac6e7eb4/orrin-hatch-invisible-glasses.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3882 og:image:height: 2184 og:image:alt: Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Department of Homeland Security og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Senator Removing Invisible Glasses Just Memes Itself twitter:description: He had quite the comeback twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d1f9cdaf84acb26/6988f87486f68e03ac6e7eb4/orrin-hatch-invisible-glasses.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Video of Senator Taking Off Invisible Glasses Practically Memes Itself by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Jan 17, 2018 3:47 PM UTC  Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, takes his seat for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight of the United States Department of Homeland Security" on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, takes his seat for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight of the United States Department of Homeland Security" on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018.Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call,Inc./Getty Images by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Jan 17, 2018 3:47 PM UTC [Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch](http://time.com/4835019/orrin-hatch-civility-politics/) became a meme sensation overnight after a clip of him removing a pair of glasses he didn’t seem to be wearing went viral. Twitter and the rest of the Internet expectedly erupted into a frenzy. [According to CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/16/politics/orrin-hatch-invisible-glasses/index.html), 83-year-old [Hatch](http://time.com/5052251/hatch-romney-bannon-trump-senate/) took off his invisibility cloak glasses during a [Senate Judiciary Committee](http://time.com/5095565/dianne-feinstein-glenn-simpson-fusion-gps-transcript/) hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Hatch seamlessly placed his spectacles next to him while continuing to speak in the committee hearing. The gif of Hatch raced its way across the Internet and people couldn’t get enough of it. > [](https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/953310521775788032) > [](https://twitter.com/FraserDColeman/status/953293585524256768) Hatch’s social media team had fun with the moment — and trendy aesthetics — as his official Twitter account responded to the influx of tweets. “Oh you mean his invisible glasses from Warby Parker?” the response said. > [](https://twitter.com/senorrinhatch/status/953319729564876800) > [](https://twitter.com/BarstoolNewsN/status/953330458087034883) Predictably, late night hosts also took a moment to weigh in on the situation. > [](https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/953327124345163777) > [](https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/953487754163191808) Hatch made news earlier this month after announcing he would [retire from the Senate](http://time.com/5084701/orrin-hatch-retire-mitt-romney/) at the end of the year after serving for over 40 years. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5105754/orrin-hatch-invisible-glasses-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5105754/orrin-hatch-invisible-glasses-memes/"},"headline":"Video of Senator Taking Off Invisible Glasses Practically Memes Itself","datePublished":"2018-01-17T15:47:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:48.542Z","description":"He had quite the comeback","url":"https://time.com/5105754/orrin-hatch-invisible-glasses-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Congress","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d1f9cdaf84acb26/6988f87486f68e03ac6e7eb4/orrin-hatch-invisible-glasses.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lena Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d1f9cdaf84acb26/6988f87486f68e03ac6e7eb4/orrin-hatch-invisible-glasses.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Department of Homeland Security","caption":"Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Department of Homeland Security","creditText":"Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call,Inc./Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5105754/orrin-hatch-invisible-glasses-memes/","name":"Video of Senator Taking Off Invisible Glasses Practically Memes Itself"}}]}] ```