Posted on 12/21/2019 9:26:52 AM PST by yesthatjallen
The California winemakers who hosted a dinner at a wine cave for Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg are defending the fundraising event.
Buttigiegs political rivals used the recent fundraiser to criticize the South Bend, Indiana, mayor for soliciting campaign contributions from wealthy donors at Thursdays Democratic presidential debate.
Craig and Kathryn Hall, who own the Hall Rutherford winery in Napa Valley, said Friday that they took issue with how their wine cave has been portrayed in the media.
It seems someones intentionally trying to create a different image than the reality. And thats unfortunate, Craig Hall said.
A dispute over big-dollar donors and fundraising between Buttigieg and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren erupted on the presidential debate stage Thursday.
Warren described a lavish Buttigieg fundraiser featuring $900 bottles of wine and crystal chandeliers, saying that, unlike the South Bend mayor, I do not sell access to my time.
Billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the United States, she charged.
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That someone would be Elizabeth Warren.
Democrats in general don't seem to have a problem with this kind of elitist fundraising.
At least we learned not buy Hall wines.
Wait until Lieawatha brings up Buttgiggles Bath House Fundraisers.
“Billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the United States, she charged. “
But shes ok that multi millionaires at Harvard can pick the President.
Just not self sufficient average Americans.
He should do a Two Buck Chuck fundraiser at Trader Joes.
There are absurd things said sometimes, in campaigns and these debates. This series of exchanges about the wine cave fundraiser, and fundraising from wealthy donors in general, is right up there among the dumbest things these Democrats could talk about.
In Democrat circles, billionaire bats are a natural hazard in wine caves. Candidates enter at your own risk.Fortunately, multi millionaire Indian guide Senator Warren is available to negotiate the labyrinth for them and keep them safe from these predators looking to rub wings with their moonbat progressive Democrat political class cousins.
At 900 a bottle, that was not a tough call to make.
Well said.
Butt caves...
Isnt the cheese shop equivalent to wine caves.
Their wines range from $28.00 to $1,215.99 per bottle.
https://www.hallwines.com/shop-all-hall-wines
I hope the winery made a tidy profit catering to the gay looser SJW. There is no way he will ever win, he knows it. This is the only legal way to spend his campaign contributions on himself.
LET'S PARTY DUDES!!!
.....'Hey!...Over here...I'm over here!!!'
The press for some reason is try to take Buttiegigieigeg out of the race. This “wine cave” business was stupid. Buttiegigereige actually had a great response to it...he said he was a literally the only one on the stage who was not a billionaire or a millionaire. THAT should have been the headline. But they want him out of the way. During the debate he was getting a lot of support from the audience.
Petty & they all sound like they are jealous no one had a wine cave fundraiser for them.
Let’s face it.....no matter what party you belong to you’re going to accept money from the rich & the not rich. You need the bucks. These two chicks are the modern day whiny & screechy teacher from yesteryear.
The winner of that spat between Warren and Buttigieg was Amy Klobuchar.
His city has a 25%+ poverty rate, one of the highest violent crime rates in the country for a town its size and an unemployment rate of 6.8% compared to its sister city (Mishawaka) with an unemployment rate of 3.6%. The city has lost 25% of it’s population high of 1968 and that with several annexations over the years.
The mans a disaster.
I heard that at the last one they really packed 'em in.
Ugh! Wine cave? That’s just disgusting considering homos like wine enemas!
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