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Senator Richard Blumenthal(D-Conn.) said he was “excited and proud” to help the Connecticut Communist Party celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party USA over the weekend.

On Saturday, the Connecticut People’s World Committee (CPWC) presented its annual “Amistad Awards” to State Sen. Julie Kushner, D-Danbury, Pastor Rodney Wade of Waterbury and SEIU activist Azucena Santiago at a union hall in New Haven. (Video of the event here).

Blumenthal was the surprise guest to help celebrate the occasion, and share his appreciation of the awardees.

“I am really excited and honored to be with you today and share in this remarkable occasion,” Blumenthal gushed after he was introduced.

The awardees were “recognized for their commitment to organizing priorities that address racial equity, climate change, voting rights, and the common good,” said CPWC partners AFT Connecticut in a post about the awards. “They were also selected for fighting for the rights of essential—and all, regardless of immigrations status—workers during the pandemic.”

Blumenthal stipulated that while one doesn’t have “to agree with anyone and everyone” and every party, he was happy “to honor the great tradition of activism and standing up for individual workers that is represented by the three honorees here.”

The senator had a very high opinion of the three leftists receiving the Communist award.

“I’ve known and worked with all of them. They are extraordinary examples of courage, grace under pressure, ferocious fighting for the rights or working people, and for Democracy,” Blumenthal said.

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