HOW IT STARTED: Just go, Rambo.

At least one Connecticut newspaper is having some fun with the dissembling of U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal about what he did during the Vietnam War.

The Republican American of Waterbury has taken to calling the brittle, strikingly thin Blumenthal “Rambo,” after the beefy fictional hero of cinematic treatments of the war.

And the newspaper has, with tongue undeniably in cheek, has taken to calling “Rambogate” the furor that has erupted over Blumenthal’s periodic false claims to have served in Vietnam.

How It’s Going:

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

How retarded do you have to be not know the purpose of the yellow safety stripe on the platform of an Amtrak station?