Virginia Rep. Gerald E. Connolly added to the dozens of marriage ceremonies he has performed for current and former staffers in his self-described role as “Irish Yenta.”On Friday, the Democratic congressman officiated the marriage of two Northern Virginia residents, James T. Tsai and Cicie Sattarnilasskorn, at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington.[Connolly: Trump an Existential Threat to Democracy]Connolly met Tsai and Sattarnilasskorn at his annual St. Patrick’s Day Fete in 2015, which was the couple’s fourth date. Connolly’s event usually draws a crowd of about 1,000 Virginia Democrats.“Many good things come out of St. Patrick’s Day, the holiest day of the year, and I believe today’s marriage between James and Cicie is one of them. I wish them both a lifetime of happiness,” Connolly said at the ceremony.Tsai is a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Sattarnilasskorn is the director of the James Renwick Alliance, a nonprofit organization that supports the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery.
