US Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut did not just attend a Communist award ceremony, he gave a speech there and handed out an award.

Blumenthal Speaks at Communist Party Awards Ceremony

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.

Once the news started coming out that Blumenthal was giving aid, comfort and awards to Communists, he tried the old “I’m shocked, SHOCKED to find Communism going on in here” bit.

U.S. Sen. Blumenthal says would not have attended New Haven awards ceremony if he knew it was tied to Communist Party

Go ahead and speculate about just how likely it is that he ended up at a Communist party affair without knowing it was a Communist party affair. He’s a freakin’ US Senator. Either he’s lying (and thus knew that he was aiding the Communists) and should be ejected from the Senate, or he’s a monumental dumbass and somehow he and his *entire* staff including security detail missed that little detail, and should be ejected from the Senate.

Imagine the response if a Republican Senator gave out at award at a US Nazi party ceremony.

And as it traditional for Communist sympathizers, Blumenthal is strikingly rich. This is from 2012, so imagine what he’s worth today after nearly a decades worth of additional grasping and graft:

Blumenthal at high end of Senate millionaires’ club

Blumenthal’s 2011 financial disclosure forms filed this week show the senator with an average net worth of $112 million, up from the previous year, when the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics estimated his average net worth at $73 million.

Perhaps Richard Blumenthal should be examined by the FBI for links (financial and otherwise) to Communist China. Maybe he and Eric Swalwell could share a deportation flight to Beijing. Maybe the US could trade them for Peng Shuai or Jack Ma, either of whom would bring far more benefit to America than Communist sympathizers and other traitors.