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herding cats

(19,549 posts)
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 05:01 PM Aug 2017

He even lied about the vineyard.

Donald Trump incorrectly says Virginia winery is the largest on East Coast

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"It’s the largest winery on the East Coast," Trump said.

The Republican frontrunner added that he owns the winery "100 percent." Trump did purchase the 1,300-acre vineyard in 2011 where the winery is based and turned over the management to his son, Eric.

A legal disclaimer on the winery website says the GOP presidential candidate doesn’t own the winery. The venture is a limited liability corporation, and its owners are not a matter of public record.

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Several wine industry analysts told us that when calculating a winery’s size, the best measure is not the acreage of vines that have been planted - it’s the volume of wine produced. By that standard, wine experts told us there’s no way Trump Winery is the biggest on the East Coast.

"That’s not correct," Michael Kaiser, spokesman for the National Association of American Wineries, told us about Trump’s claim.

In fact, by that measure Trump Winery is not even the largest in Virginia. The Trump Winery produces about 36,000 cases of wine each year, according to Boyd. The top producers in the state are the Williamsburg Winery and Chateau Morrisette in Floyd County -- each making about 60,000 cases a year, Boyd said. Barboursville Winery in Orange County, meanwhile, makes about 37,000 cases a year, Boyd said.

http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2016/mar/21/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-virginia-winery-largest-east-coa/


He just can't control his false bragging. Even when he has to know he's going to be called on is lies.
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He even lied about the vineyard. (Original Post) herding cats Aug 2017 OP
He applies the same logic to his "electoral landslide." Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2017 #1
True, and then he sees anything he owns as being bigger than it really is. herding cats Aug 2017 #4
Well, compared to his hands.... NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2017 #7
Of course! Solly Mack Aug 2017 #2
I heard over 3 million illegal grapes grow there Johonny Aug 2017 #3
Ha! herding cats Aug 2017 #5
Floyd County is number one in something? mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2017 #6

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
1. He applies the same logic to his "electoral landslide."
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 05:03 PM
Aug 2017

Because he only seems to operate in size and not content.

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
4. True, and then he sees anything he owns as being bigger than it really is.
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 05:12 PM
Aug 2017

His narcissism knows no bounds.

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,897 posts)
6. Floyd County is number one in something?
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 05:14 PM
Aug 2017

That, to me, is the astonishing takeaway of the day.

No offense to anyone from Floyd County. Lots of fine people there. On both sides.

I'd best be leaving....

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