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Sen. Blumenthal Speaks at Communist Party Awards Ceremony

2021-12-15

[FreeBeacon] Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) spoke at an awards ceremony over the weekend hosted by a Communist Party affiliate whose leaders used the event to recruit potential members to the organization.

Blumenthal, one of the wealthiest members of the Senate, presented certificates of special recognition from the Senate to three winners of the "Amistad Award," given annually by the Connecticut People’s World Committee, an affiliate of the Communist Party USA and the Marxist People’s World news site.

Blumenthal appeared even as Democratic leaders have downplayed allegations that many in the party support socialist or communist policies. President Joe Biden distanced himself from the left-wing ideologies during the 2020 presidential campaign, at one point bragging that he defeated a socialist, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), in the primaries. Blumenthal used his speech at the ceremony to tout Democratic legislative policies, including voting rights reform, ending the filibuster and the Build Back Better Act, according to the Yankee Institute, a free market think tank in Connecticut that reported details of the event.

Blumenthal was introduced at the event by Lisa Bergmann, a Communist Party member who blamed corporations for the "imperialism that exists in our world that is undermining the labor and environment."

Bergmann and her fellow communist emcee, Ben McManus, issued invitations at the ceremony to join the Communist Party.

Blumenthal’s wealth is so vast—one estimate puts it at $100 million—that he has sometimes been unaware of all of his investments, including in a real estate development company linked to the Chinese government. Blumenthal said he was unaware of his investment in U.S. Shanghai LLC., which is listed on his annual financial disclosure, until contacted for comment by the Washington Free Beacon earlier this year. Blumenthal’s wealth comes mostly from his wife, a member of a New York real estate dynasty.

Posted by:Spock Uleager4845

#8 He often misspoke about his "Marine Corps" experiences in Viet Nam especially addressing veteran groups.
His last deferment landed him a Marine reserve assignment in Washington which assured he not serve in Viet Nam.

Posted by: crazyhorse 2021-12-15 13:59

#7 Mod or not, I'll take this as Snark of the Day:

#3 And the rotten corpse of Gus Hall will be used as an armature, to save gas.

Posted by: SteveS 2021-12-15 12:51

#6 President Joe Biden distanced himself from the left-wing ideologies during the 2020 presidential campaign, at one point bragging that he defeated a socialist, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), in the primaries.

Joe did not defeat Bernie in the primaries. Bernie would have beaten Joe if the primaries had been conducted in a truly democratic manner. But everybody knew that the Democrats could not cheat enough for Bernie to beat Trump in the general election. So, yeah, Joe defeated Bernie in a backroom deal, the key feature of which was that Joe agreed to adopt and implement Bernie's agenda. All of the other Democrat primary candidates then dropped out of the race so that Joe could run as a moderate while the MSM pummeled Orange Mad Bad with one misleading and negative bit of fake news after another.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-12-15 12:37

#5 Da Nang Dick

Posted by: Frank G 2021-12-15 06:33

He simply misspoke about his military service and numerous draft deferments.

Posted by: Besoeker 2021-12-15 06:04

#3 And the rotten corpse of Gus Hall will be used as an armature, to save gas.
Snark O'The Day

Posted by: badanov 2021-12-15 01:47

#2 I'd wish he'd go back into a closet to hide that butt-ugly face.

Posted by: Raj 2021-12-15 00:49

#1 I'm glad to see him (and other dems), coming out of the closet.

Posted by: Besoeker 2021-12-15 00:08

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