{"id":1118649,"date":"2021-12-14T15:58:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T20:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1118649"},"modified":"2021-12-14T15:58:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T20:58:43","slug":"i-am-really-excited-and-honored-sen-blumenthal-delivers-speech-at-communist-party-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-am-really-excited-and-honored-sen-blumenthal-delivers-speech-at-communist-party-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Am Really Excited And Honored\u2019: Sen. Blumenthal Delivers Speech At Communist Party Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-am-really-excited-and-honored-sen-blumenthal-delivers-speech-at-communist-party-awards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1118649&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A prominent Democratic senator delivered a speech and presented awards at a party associated with the Communist Party on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/15\/sen-blumenthal-doj-nassar-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sen. Richard Blumenthal<\/a> of Connecticut attended an awards ceremony hosted annually by the Connecticut People\u2019s World Committee, a branch of the Communist Party USA, as well as the Marxist \u201cPeople\u2019s World\u201d website, the Washington Free Beacon first <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/blumenthal-speaks-at-communist-party-awards-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Blumenthal was a surprise guest as he presented the annual \u201cAmistad Awards\u201d Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am really excited and honored to be with you today and share in this remarkable occasion,\u201d Blumenthal said at the ceremony, <a href=\"https:\/\/yankeeinstitute.org\/2021\/12\/13\/state-senator-kushner-u-s-senator-blumenthal-highlight-connecticut-communist-partys-amistad-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Yankee Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Blumenthal pitched support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/13\/joe-biden-joe-manchin-speak-build-back-better-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Build Back Better<\/a> agenda, as well as several other Democratic initiatives, such as a $15 federal minimum wage and killing the filibuster. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot to be working for in economic justice, in racial equity, in establishing a $15 minimum wage,\u201d he said, according to the Yankee Institute. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/22\/jake-tapper-richard-blumenthal-filibuster-cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018You\u2019ve Used It Too\u2019: Jake Tapper Corners Democratic Senator On Claim That Filibuster Is \u2018Corrupt\u2019 And \u2018Abused\u2019 By Republicans)<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7337237\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"41\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7337237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 OCTOBER 05: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) asks questions of Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen as she appears before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee during a hearing entitled \u2018Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower\u2019 at the Russell Senate Office Building on October 05, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Connecticut senator also boasted about \u201cholding corporations accountable for the basic treatment of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to look at our entire tax system, beginning with Build Back Better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Blumenthal was invited by Communist Party members and ceremony emcees Lisa Bergmann and Ben McManus, where Bergmann has previously said that corporations are to blame for the \u201cimperialism that exists in our world that is undermining the labor and environment,\u201d the Free Beacon reported.<\/p>\n<p>Blumenthal is one of the wealthiest members of the Senate, estimated at approximately $100 million. The senator was scrutinized when he was \u201cunaware\u201d of making an investment in U.S. Shanghai LLC., a real estate company connected to the Chinese government, according to the Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prominent Democratic senator delivered a speech and presented awards at a party associated with the Communist Party on Saturday.Democratic Sen. 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