Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"You still have the choice to stand up against sportswashing, against the Saudi monarchy, against the hundreds of billions of dollars, and maybe a lot more that the Saudis will throw at you and stand u..."

"But will you commit that it will not have it, that you will not agree to it if it does?"

"I am dedicated and determined to fight these kinds of changes that really impact adversely everybody in Connecticut and the country."

"Senator Hirono and I have helped to lead hate crimes legislation, which actually has taken as one of its principal causes to stop exactly this kind of violence."