Did Orrin Hatch Accidentally Reveal President Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee?

President Trump teased the big announcement on Saturday.

Big decision will soon be made on our next Justice of the Supreme Court!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 7, 2018

He’s expected to make the big announcement tomorrow night, but Orrin Hatch might’ve spoiled it.

He wrote an op-ed for the Deseret News about Trump’s SCOTUS pick, and while he didn’t drop any names, he kinda sorta spilled the beans in another way.

He referred to the nominee as a “she” and “her.” It’s widely known that Trump has narrowed his choice to three people- Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Raymond Kethledge. Only one of them is a woman, which means that– if Hatch is correct– Amy Coney Barrett is Trump’s choice to replace Justice Kennedy.

Here’s where Hatch accidentally revealed the decision. Emphasis mine–

Just as he did with Neil Gorsuch, the president has promised to nominate an impartial judge, a wise and seasoned jurist committed to upholding the Constitution at all costs. But no matter the nominee’s background or credentials, progressives will do everything they can to paint her as a closet partisan, if not an outright extremist. They will press, prod, and pry to unearth a radical agenda where none is to be found. They will pull out all the stops to accelerate the politicization of the Supreme Court — but they will have to go through me first.

For my part, I will do everything in my power to keep politics out of the confirmation process. As the senior member of the Judiciary Committee, I will fight to keep jurisprudence as the sole focus of our confirmation hearings. And I will devote all my energies to ensuring that we confirm the kind of Supreme Court justice America needs: a justice who says what the law is, not what she wants it to be; a justice who calls balls and strikes instead of swinging for the fences; a justice whose foremost allegiance is to the American people and to the Constitution.

Too much is at stake to allow politics to corrupt the Supreme Court confirmation process. That’s why in the coming weeks, I will lift heaven and earth to see the president’s nominee across the finish line.

I suppose he could be wrong, but I doubt it. This is a pretty massive hint.

A SCOTUS hint perhaps? Orrin Hatch refers to Kennedy's replacement as "her" and "she" in new op-ed https://t.co/Dq69p1NIPf pic.twitter.com/B5oCjlfml4

— Al Weaver (@alweaver22) July 6, 2018

Writing about Trump SCOTUS pick, Sen Hatch uses "her" pronoun. Does he know something? Is it Barrett?

I hope so, my article on why it should be Judge Barrett…https://t.co/m8Apdn33dg https://t.co/csGhS1I23v

— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) July 7, 2018

Did Hatch Make a Big Reveal?https://t.co/G2TzC58Fb1

— Newsmax (@newsmax) July 7, 2018

We’ll find out tomorrow night!