Trying to understand Blumenthal’s political cowardice
I was outside Blumenthal’s Hartford office today, urging him to support increased funding for cultivated-meat research. It was another scorcher. I tried to go early to beat the heat, but by the end of my hour I was still soaked in sweat.
I haven’t actually counted my visits, but I’m pretty sure I’ve spent more time protesting Blumenthal than I have spent protesting Larson and Murphy. What explains this? It’s an election year for Blumenthal, but then again it’s also an election year for Larson.
Ultimately, I think it comes down to a dispiriting level of cowardice from a blue-state Democrat. If I were a member of Blumenthal’s staff, I’d be embarrassed to work for such a feckless politician. Moderate Democrats like him have to go.
Anyway, if you’re an activist who engages in a protest of your elected officials in support of cellular agriculture, email a photo and text description to JonHoch87@gmail.com. You may be featured on Slaughter-Free America.
Also, if you’re interested in calling or emailing Blumenthal’s office and urging the senator to support increased funding for cultivated-meat research, I wanted to provide some phone numbers and email addresses for you to use.
Hartford office phone: (860) 258-6940
Bridgeport office phone: (203) 330-0598
DC office phone: (202) 224-2823
Staff email addresses (some of these may be out-of-date or otherwise incorrect):
John_Bairos@blumenthal.Senate.Gov
Elizabeth_Kanick@blumenthal.senate.gov
Kathleen_McWilliams@blumenthal.senate.gov
casework@blumenthal.senate.gov
colleen_bell@blumenthal.senate.gov
chris_collibee@blumenthal.senate.gov
collin_anderson@blumenthal.senate.gov
michael_jones@blumenthal.senate.gov
Senator@blumenthal.senate.gov
jack_budish@blumenthal.senate.gov
brian_steele@blumenthal.senate.gov
jay_maroney@blumenthal.senate.gov
Tom_allen@blumenthal.senate.gov
Thomas_allen@blumenthal.senate.gov
Collin_anderson@blumenthal.senate.gov
Naheim_banks@blumenthal.senate.gov
Colleen_bell@blumenthal.senate.gov
David_booth@blumenthal.senate.gov
Stella_brown@blumenthal.senate.gov
Jack_budish@blumenthal.senate.gov
Gianluca_canessa@blumenthal.senate.gov
Jonathan_carter@blumenthal.senate.gov
James_cokorinos@blumenthal.senate.gov
Christopher_collibee@blumenthal.senate.gov
Chris_collibee@blumenthal.senate.gov
Maureen_coudert@blumenthal.senate.gov
Alison_council@blumenthal.senate.gov
Danisha_craig@blumenthal.senate.gov
Rebecca_crosswaith@blumenthal.senate.gov
Beatrix_dalton@blumenthal.senate.gov
Joshua_davenport@blumenthal.senate.gov
Caroline_dimodica@blumenthal.senate.gov
Paige_distefano@blumenthal.senate.gov
Tonia_douglas@blumenthal.senate.gov
Shayna_druckman@blumenthal.senate.gov
Faye_fernandes@blumenthal.senate.gov
Stephen_friedland@blumenthal.senate.gov
Laurane_fumex@blumenthal.senate.gov
Christopher_gelino@blumenthal.senate.gov
Jennifer_gonzalezsmith@blumenthal.senate.gov
Ellen_graham@blumenthal.senate.gov
Hailey_hamilton@blumenthal.senate.gov
Dustin_harrison@blumenthal.senate.gov
Trevor_hoffman@blumenthal.senate.gov
Dashiell_hunter@blumenthal.senate.gov
Monique_johnson@blumenthal.senate.gov
Cheyanne_johnson@blumenthal.senate.gov
Michael_jordan@blumenthal.senate.gov
Maya_kalonia@blumenthal.senate.gov
Elizabeth_kanick@blumenthal.senate.gov
Liz_kanick@blumenthal.senate.gov
Richard_kehoe@blumenthal.senate.gov
Rich_kehoe@blumenthal.senate.gov
Joel_kelsey@blumenthal.senate.gov
Thomas_langer@blumenthal.senate.gov
Ashley_law@blumenthal.senate.gov
Michael_lawson@blumenthal.senate.gov
Nicholas_lecchi@blumenthal.senate.gov
Spencer_manners@blumenthal.senate.gov
Eric_martin@blumenthal.senate.gov
Richard_martinelli@blumenthal.senate.gov
Rich_martinelli@blumenthal.senate.gov
Nicholas_martinez@blumenthal.senate.gov
Natalie_Mathes@blumenthal.senate.gov
Liam_mccaffery@blumenthal.senate.gov
Susan_mcelwain@blumenthal.senate.gov
Maria_mcelwain@blumenthal.senate.gov
Emma_mears@blumenthal.senate.gov
Henry_minot@blumenthal.senate.gov
Jackson_mittleman@blumenthal.senate.gov
Henry_montalbano@blumenthal.senate.gov
Hank_montalbano@blumenthal.senate.gov
Lauren_beatty@blumenthal.senate.gov
Kevin_mullane@blumenthal.senate.gov
Renee_ong@blumenthal.senate.gov
Coral_ortiz@blumenthal.senate.gov
Claudia-pagnozzischwam@blumenthal.senate.gov
Jennifer_piazza@blumenthal.senate.gov
Kim_quarantello@blumenthal.senate.gov
Ruth_quiles@blumenthal.senate.gov
Sapna_raghavan@blumenthal.senate.gov
Tamika_riley@blumenthal.senate.gov
Yanira_cruz@blumenthal.senate.gov
Joseph_rodriguez@blumenthal.senate.gov
Joe_rodriguez@blumenthal.senate.gov
Emily_scerbo@blumenthal.senate.gov
Lindsay_spallone@blumenthal.senate.gov
David_stoopler@blumenthal.senate.gov
Thomas_story@blumenthal.senate.gov
Mary_szarkowicz@blumenthal.senate.gov
Samantha_taylor@blumenthal.senate.gov
Sam_taylor@blumenthal.senate.gov
John_uysal@blumenthal.senate.gov
Karolina_wasiniewska@blumenthal.senate.gov