He came up there from Washington on Amtrak, accompanied by Ol' Dependables and Corn Pop

Blumenthal claims he was unaware event he attended, hosted by the Communist Party USA to commemorate the 102nd anniversary of its founding, had communist party ties

“Look,” the Senator told FWIW, “i’m still suffering from PTSD after my valiant service in Viet Nam and swimming for the Harvard Varsity Inter-mural swim team, so I ca’t be expected to know where I am, what I’m saying, or why I’m there. Just ask my friend Joe here” he said, throwing his arm around the shoulders of an elderly man dressed in a conductor’s uniform — “he’s got the same problem, from fighting with Corn Pop, and driving a semi through the bowels of Pennsylvania coal mines.”