Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., had an ironic close call while giving a speech on train safety.
While conducting a press conference, Blumenthal found out that he was entirely too close to the tracks when a train came blowing through just feet from where he was standing.
Watch:
This clip perfectly embodies the uselessness of so many of our politicians.
Senator Blumenthal (from my home state of Connecticut), holds a press conference on train safety.
Blumenthal breaks the rules, walks too close to the edge, and almost gets hit by a train. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/w34I9fcFYs
— MAZE (@mazemoore) August 29, 2026
“Safety, as you know, is paramount,” he says, moments before his “very, very close call” with the train. A news report on the incident accuses him of standing “too far over” on the yellow line, which is a safety measure that exists to warn riders away from the edge.
While the entire event may have undermined his speech, it gave X users plenty to talk about:
The senator got closer to danger in a train station than his imaginary stint in Vietnam
— DJaye (@daniejaye) August 29, 2026
Our country is run by the dumbest people we have. Bunch of fucking morons.
— Trump 2028 (@jakebess3) August 29, 2026
In his defense, he likely hasn’t had any time around trains, as he probably thinks they are for “the poors”.
— Contrived Bullshit (@ThatGuyisRight) August 29, 2026
Same energy. These people are not qualified to be greeters at Walmart. pic.twitter.com/XuwbFx6jL7
— Thomas Dahlgren (@Alias4ThomasD) August 29, 2026
Hey @SenBlumenthal the YELLOW IS THERE TO INFORM STUPID FOLKS TO NOT GET TO CLOSE TO THE TRACKS
and yet you did it ANYWAY— “Rusty Thumbs” if you know you know. (@GBNFRush) August 29, 2026
You should just call him “dick” we will all know who you’re talking about? And if he’s reelected we will use that term for the people who keep voting for this POS?
— Ron Anderson (@RAnderson3798) August 29, 2026
If he was a Republican, the crazies on the left would have wished he had made one more step to his left.
— The Fall Of Rome (@FallofRome) August 29, 2026
These r the people with zero common sense or awareness running our country 🙄 He obviously has NEVER had to commute & lacks basic safety knowledge about being so close on the yellow bumps! Retire already @SenBlumenthal 😘
— Asshole Alert ⚠️ (@66Vetteman) August 29, 2026
Notice this didn’t really faze “Da Nang Dick,” right? He had seen plenty of action when he “served in Vietnam.”
This was just a minor distraction to him, sort of like a buzzing mosquito amongst the damp jungles of South Asia with the smell of napalm in the air.
— Wild Bill🇺🇸 (@Just_Wild_Bill) August 29, 2026
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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