[Python] How can I get the name of the button that was clicked?

I am creating a card game in python. I am using PyQt5 to implement the GUI. The cards are basically QPushButtons with large Icons attached to them. I want to get what button was pressed i.e. objectName of the button that was clicked.

The Buttons are generated in a for loop according to a list that contains the player hand:

def hand_update(self):
if begin == 0:
for card in p1:
self.new_card = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents)
self.new_card.clicked.connect(self.click_card)
sizePolicy = QtWidgets.QSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Fixed, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Fixed)
sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(self.new_card.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
self.new_card.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
self.new_card.setMinimumSize(QtCore.QSize(90, 150))
self.new_card.setMaximumSize(QtCore.QSize(90, 150))
self.new_card.setText("")
self.new_card.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(f"D:/UNO project/card images/{card}.png"))
self.new_card.setIconSize(QtCore.QSize(90, 150))
self.new_card.setObjectName(f"{card}")
self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.new_card)
self.new_card.show()


I tried using

self.new_card.clicked.connect(self.click_card)

and creating a function called click_card():

def click_card(self):
print(self.sender.objectName())


but this just does nothing for a few seconds and then exits without error when I click on a card.

If I were to print some string inside the function, it seems to work fine. The name of the button never prints for some reason.

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