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Unanswerable question for the day – who is the bigger liar — Joe Biden or Blumenthal
Stolen valor, about fighting Reds
- Now lies about helping Reds
Connecticut Democrats must be proud of their Senior Senator
This poor guy never seems to know what’s going on or even his own experiences. He spoke at an event honoring the Communist Party. He thought it was “a labor event”.
When he ran for the Senate, he told voters that he served in Vietnam as a Marine. Well, actually, he didn’t ‘serve in Vietnam’…he later, when it was proven untrue, he decided he must have “misspoken” (?)
And this guy is a US Senator!? Is this a great country, or what? dlh
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“As Connecticut’s Attorney General, Blumenthal regularly attended Memorial Day parades and other events that recognized soldiers and veterans. The New York Times wrote May 17, 2010, that in 2003, Blumenthal had spoken at a rally supporting troops overseas. The newspaper reported that Blumenthal said, “When we returned, we saw nothing like this.” * That was a comparison with soldiers who came back from Vietnam.
Blumenthal repeated a similar line at a 2007 Memorial Day parade in Milford, Conn. And at a 2008 ceremony for veterans and senior citizens, Blumenthal said, “We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam.”*
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On Dec. 11, Blumenthal attended an awards ceremony hosted by Communist Party USA affiliate the Connecticut People’s World Committee. The lawmaker gave out three certificates from the Senate to winners of the “Amistad Award,” honoring labor and social justice activism.
Blumenthal used the opportunity to promote the now-seemingly dead Build Back Better Act, as well as the Democratic party’s efforts to pass elections legislation.
In an interview with the Hartford Courant, the senator said he believed he was attending “strictly a labor event.”
“If I had known the details, I wouldn’t have gone,” he said.
Blumenthal was in attendance as event organizers actively encouraged viewers to join the Communist Party.
Event organizer Ben McManus said to viewers, “We invite you to join the Communist Party in this epic time as we make good trouble to uproot systemic racism, retool the war economy, tax the rich, address climate change, secure voting rights and create a new socialist system that puts people, peace, and planet before profits.”
Blumenthal is one of the wealthiest members of the Senate, owing the grand majority of his net worth to his wife’s family’s real estate fortune.
He seemed to downplay the backlash to his participation during the interview with the Courant.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/04/donald-trump/donald-trump-sen-blumenthal-lied-about-his-service/
By the way, via Wikipedia —Richard Blumenthal is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Connecticut, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he is one of the wealthiest members of the Senate, with a net worth over $100 million.
