Behold Sen. Orrin Hatch's Magical Harry Potter-Esque Glasses

"They're new, you've probably never heard of them."
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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) sent Twitter users into a mini-meltdown on Tuesday when he was caught on camera removing a pair of glasses that he wasn’t actually wearing.

The longest-serving Senate Republican, who is retiring at the end of this year, pulled the move during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

It provided some comic relief during an at-times tense hearing, which at one point saw Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) accuse Nielsen of being β€œcomplicit” in President Donald Trump’s bigotry.

The clip, above, immediately went viral.

Hatch’s office saw the funny side of the gaffe and joked via Twitter that the 83-year-old senator was in fact donning a pair of β€œinvisible glasses” from hipster-favorite Warby Parker.

β€œThey’re new, you’ve probably never heard of them,” added Hatch’s office, alongside a fake listing for the spectacles:

The lighthearted moment became a hot topic on Tuesday’s late-night television, with β€œThe Daily Show with Trevor Noah” producing this GIF:

β€œThe Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, meanwhile, praised Hatch’s performance skills:

Bespectacled Twitter users simply sympathized with Hatch’s predicament:

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