Warren slammed Buttigieg for fundraiser in wine cave with a crystal chandelier. In 2018, she

[highplainsdem]

was helped by a fundraiser at a steakhouse with crystal chandeliers, where the cheesesteak is $120.

NY Times article mentioning the fundraiser and menu:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-2020.html

Mr. Rendell said he had recruited donors to attend an intimate fund-raising dinner for Ms. Warren last year at Barclay Prime, a Philadelphia steakhouse where the famed cheesesteak goes for $120. (The dish includes Wagyu rib-eye, foie gras, truffled cheese whiz and a half-bottle of champagne.) He said he received a “glowing thank-you letter” from Ms. Warren afterward.

More on Barclay Prime here, mentioning the crystal chandeliers:

https://www.phillyvoice.com/barclay-prime-philadelphia-top-steakhouse-united-states/



Anyway, this is why Buttigieg was bringing up purity tests, and Warren's ignoring her own past fundraising.

[PatSeg]

1. When Democratic candidates

go after one another, it usually backfires, often on the one who is attacking.

[kacekwl]

64. Correct, it was a silly thing

To mention in the 1st place. Sadly the only way to compete is to raise money. They all have to do it.

[PatSeg]

71. Yes, a total waste of time and energy

For every attack, there will be a counter-attack, as no one is perfect. It can end up being a vicious cycle where no one wins, but they will look petty and mean, not very presidential. Save the attack dog for Trump. Meanwhile, if one becomes the nominee, the other will have to walk back their accusations, not a very becoming sight.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

76. Tell that to Joe!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Time for all to join the progressive revolution!!

[at140]

102. +1000

[onecaliberal]

2. Why Are we doing this?

[Bleacher Creature]

16. Thank you.

With the exception of Gabbard, all of our candidates are pretty great and I'll be proud to support any of them in the general.

The only person who benefits from this sniping is that orange pig.

[onecaliberal]

83. Yes.

[blm]

24. Like clockwork.

No self-restraint when it comes to Warren. Been like that for months.

[BeyondGeography]

26. Because someone has a Warren fixation

[LakeArenal]

84. We aren't doing this. Warren did it.

Go Pete.

[onecaliberal]

85. I know you don't care to listen, but this will never help your candidate of choice.

[LakeArenal]

88. Your opinion is what doesn't count to me.

You have no idea what I have listened to or not. Your assumptions are your assumptions.

By the way, “my” candidate is doing just fine.

[onecaliberal]

96. Bless your heart...

[LakeArenal]

97. Eh, I use that one myself.

[nini]

116. We're vetting the candidates

It's part of the process.

It's not for the faint of heart.

[Cha]

3. " ..crystal chandelier.." was acually mentioned?

I hate those purity tests on $$$$$.

[highplainsdem]

6. Vox article:

https://www.vox.com/2019/12/19/21030966/warren-buttigieg-wine-caves-explained

[Cha]

11. The Warren-Buttigieg wine cave controversy, explained

The biggest on-stage fight of Thursday’s Democratic debate, between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg — indeed, one of the biggest fights we’ve seen come out of any of the debates — was about wine caves.

Or rather, it was a fight about high-dollar fundraisers, political access, and who gets to have it.

“Billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the United States,” Warren responded.

I'm sure they won't be.. that's what the Primaries are FOR.

So, the mayor just recently had a fundraiser that was held in a wine cave, full of crystals, and served $900-a-bottle wine. Think about who comes to that. He had promised that every fundraiser he would do would be open-door, but this one was closed-door. We made the decision many years ago that rich people in smoke-filled rooms would not pick the next president of the United States.

Buttigieg responded by arguing that he’s not going to turn down money from wealthier donors, and that high-dollar fundraisers would be an essential part of beating President Donald Trump in the general election. He also brought up Warren’s personal wealth, and later, her past closed-door fundraisers as a Senate candidate:

Wow.. Thank you for the article, hpd!

[crazytown]

12. Photograph

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The Buttigieg venue is the epitome of ostentatious wealth. Hardly comparable to an upmarket steakhouse.

[highplainsdem]

17. We don't know what the swankiest venue for a Warren fundraiser looks like. The point is that both

fundraisers were what Warren now derides as "swanky" and she was quite happy to fundraise at swanky venues through last year, until she moved millions raised that way for her senate campaign over to her presidential campaign, giving herself a fundraising head start, and then insisted that her rivals swear off that sort of fundraiser.

Buttigieg was right to point this out.

[Virginiaboy154]

18. Wine Track

They are both Wine Track Dems with a metropolitan voter base. This doesnt look good for Sen Warren. She needs to back to her plans

[Cha]

135. Agree..

[dalton99a]

25. +1

[RestoreAmerica2020]

54. That's pretty upperclass. Question. Is it a thing to go without a dinner jacket, just a white

.shirt and tie; or is it relaying to others a message say..I'm just an average guy, or is it a young guy kinda of thing?

[Hav]

82. Doesn't look that upperclass but I wouldn't know

The venue looks nice but not over the top.
As for the clothing, look at several of the other guests. Some with sweaters/jerseys, another one with shorts.
This wasn't the typical billionaire meeting that some want to make out of it.

[LongtimeAZDem]

90. Doesn't look any more swanky than the banquet room at Barclay Prime:

[The Valley Below]

28. Looks like bricks, some wine glasses, and lights hung from a dead tree root to me.

What's the ostentatious part?

[crazytown]

30. All that's missing is an alter, eom.

[The Valley Below]

31. Do you find most churches to be ostentatious?

The lighting is pretty, but the space looks pretty simple and plain to my eyes.

[crazytown]

32. Pretty?

Decorating your 'church' with 1,500 Swarovski Crystals is pretty unambiguous .

[The Valley Below]

36. Yeah, Pretty lighting. Sort of like Amy's Wind Cave

And some tables and some wine and the place would look positively plutocratic. LOL.

This stuff is silly as hell.

[betsuni]

42. Oligarchs in caves drinking wine.

It IS silly as hell. Embarrassing.

[crazytown]

43. Silly?

Link to tweet

[betsuni]

45. Why do you think people who vote for Democrats are bad because they have money?

Please list Democrats who have changed their policies because of campaign contributions.

[at140]

104. That is obnoxious display of wealth!

For the candidate who has secured less financial success than all other candidates,
that wine cave looks out of character.

[myohmy2]

33. she's right...

“Billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the United States,” Warren responded.

...I can't argue with that...

[myohmy2]

74. and...

...think about it...

[PhoenixDem]

4. Not a good look for Sen. Warren whom I admire n/t

[zaj]

5. Why does it matter if you pay...

$100 + $20 for a meal.

Or monthly $10 payments for a year?

[The Valley Below]

7. Warren blundered tonight with this attack.

Too bad.

[Recursion]

8. The filet is $45. That's pretty normal for a steakhouse

The cheesesteak is mostly a joke to get attention, though I remember seeing a guy order it once.

Not the best steakhouse in Philly (that's "the prime rib" in Rittenhouse), but it does big events well.

Also: it's way too early in the primary season for this bullshit.

[highplainsdem]

20. That $45 8-oz. filet is far and away the cheapest steak entree on the menu. Appetizers range from

$16 to $25, soup is $18, salad starts at $13, sides range from $11 for tater tots or whipped potatoes to $18 for truffle mac and cheese, and the non-steak entrees range from $32 for roast chicken to $85 for lobster. The raw bar & seafood cocktails part of the dinner menu includes shrimp cocktail at $21 or $28 and caviar at over $200/ounce.

There's no way that's a typical steakhouse.

https://barclayprime.com/menus/dinner/

[crazytown]

44. "far and away the cheapest steak entree on the menu"

NY Strip 16 oz. 54
prime 28 day dry-aged

Filet Mignon 12 oz. 62
prime

Ribeye 18 oz 62
prime 28 day dry-aged

$17 is not "far and away" in my book.

[highplainsdem]

68. See reply 67. This is one of the most expensive steakhouses in the country.

[Recursion]

78. It's just not. I've been to much more expensive steakhouses

Sorry, it's just not like the Palm or Le Cirque or Peter Luger.

[highplainsdem]

81. I'll take that news site's ranking over yours.

[Polybius]

129. He's right though

At least about Peter Lugar's. I've been there, they are more expensive.

[highplainsdem]

130. What I've read about Peter Luger's pricing is that they price the steak as steak for one, for two,

etc., and in each case the price per serving is about $50. Which is no more expensive than Barclay Prime, whose porterhouse for two is over $100. And Barclay Prime's Wagyu ribeye, half the size of that porterhouse so it would be steak for one, is $195.

[Polybius]

131. They have several different steaks

We got the large, 64 oz. porterhouse. It was $150, around 2005. Not sure what their Ribeye costs, but I'll let you know. I'm due to go back.

[highplainsdem]

132. That would have been the steak for 4, judging by the menus and reviews I've seen. They apparently

allocate about a pound of steak per person with the porterhouse.

Btw, I saw a couple of recent reviews listing a price of $110 or $115 for the steak for two.

Again, the prices are very similar to Barclay Prime. If the $110 or $115 price for steak for 2 now is correct, they're several dollars higher for the porterhouse, but that's a negligible difference.

[Polybius]

133. Than I stand corrected

You are right, because we went with another couple and it was plenty. No idea what the price is now. I will keep this post updated with new info on pricing as I see it.

[highplainsdem]

134. Unfortunately, Peter Luger doesn't just put their menu prices on their website. I checked

Yelp and TripAdvsor among others, but I wasn't able to compare Barclay Prime's dinner menu directly with the dinner menu for Peter Luger, the way I could with The Palm in DC.

Anyway, I wasn't trying to claim that Barclay Prime is the very most expensive steakhouse in the country. Only that it is very expensive, more expensive than most steakhouses.

It was a particularly nice venue for that Warren fundraiser.

[drray23]

126. I don't think so.

I've been in many steakhouses in chicago where the wagu steaks are way above the prices you are listing. About $160, then add appetizer, dessert and wine and it's easily $300 to $400 per person.

[highplainsdem]

128. See reply 86 below. The Wagyu steaks at Barlay Prime go as high as $195. And that's just the

steak. Appetizers, salads, sides, dessert and of course drinks are extra.

[DeminPennswoods]

105. FWIW, that's 1lb, 3/4lb and 1 1/8th lb

respectively. That's a lot of steak.

[Recursion]

46. Those sound like steakhouse prices to me

[highplainsdem]

69. See reply 67. This is one of the most expensive steakhouses in the country,

[Recursion]

79. Not even close

It's not even the most expensive in Philly.

And, I repeat, it's way too early in the primary season for bullshit like this.

[blm]

113. Hahah. Cities in NC have restaurants with menus similar to BP.

You better not eat at a good sushi restaurant in LA - if you do bring a mop for the tears.

[BlueTsunami2018]

55. Sure it is.

Longhorn and Outback are commercial chain restaurants, they aren’t authentic steakhouses. That menu you put up is pretty typical of a fine dining experience. There’s a tremendous difference in quality and that’s what you pay for.

[highplainsdem]

70. See reply 67. Barclay Prime was ranked the 15th most expensive steakhouse in the country.

[BlueTsunami2018]

73. Yeah, all those top end steakhouses are expensive.

I took my wife to Del Frisco’s for a special occasion once. It was over $300 with tip. Worth every penny but it’s not something I’ll be doing again soon unfortunately. The lobster mac and cheese was exquisite.

What are we arguing about again?

[highplainsdem]

75. I was pointing out that Warren fundraisers have also been in venues she'd probably deride as swanky

now. And that she was doing this just last year.

Buttigieg made a similar point during the debate last night, but I wanted to add some of the details I'd remembered reading earlier this year.

[BlueTsunami2018]

92. That's right.

I don’t see how candidates sniping at each other over this sort of thing helps at all. You have to fundraise in order to compete. Must every candidate eat gruel, wear sackcloth and go unshod to be “authentic”? Much of the time, we’re our own worst enemy with this need to appear pristine.

It’s dumb.

[drray23]

127. You must have never eaten in a nice steakhouse in a big city.

Like NY or Chicago or DC. $45.00 a steak is nothing. All the other prices you listed are common for nice restaurants in any of these cities.

[highplainsdem]

67. According to this article on the 25 most expensive steakhouses in the US, Barclay Prime is #15.

https://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/06/18/the-11-most-expensive-steakhouses-in-the-country/4/

[Recursion]

80. No, it's not even close to a really expensive steakhouse

This isn't Bogie's in Boston or le Cirque in NYC or the Palm in DC, where you aren't getting out of there for less than $200 per cover. This is a good steakhouse, better than something like Ruth's Chris, but not one of the really expensive ones.

And it is still way too early in the primaries for bullshit like this.

[highplainsdem]

86. I just checked the dinner menu for The Palm in DC. Prices are very similar to Barclay Prime.

The 12-ounce filet mignon is $58 at The Palm and $62 at Barclay Prime.

The Palm has a NY strip, 14 ounce, for $53, 18 ounce for $59.

Barclay Prime has a 16 ounce NY strip for $54 and a 20 ounce for $63.

Tne most expensive steak at The Palm is a 36 ounce NY strip for $104.50, which the menu points out is intended for two.

The most expensive steaks at Barclay Prime are a 32 ounce Porterhouse for $105, and then the Wagyu beef selections, which are $84 for an 8 ounce filet mignon, $140 for a 10 ounce NY strip, and $195 for an 18 ounce ribeye.


Try again to prove that site for Warren's fundraiser wasn't "even close to a really expensive steakhouse."


You can find the menu for The Palm in DC here:

https://www.thepalm.com/menus/?menu=dinner


I've already posted the link for the Barclay Prime menu.

[Recursion]

91. And this conversation is why we lose

Thanks for playing

[highplainsdem]

95. It was Warren who made a fuss criticizing candidates going to "swanky" fundraisers. I'm only

commenting on the subject she brought up, and how that criticism also applies to her.

But you could be right that Warren making a fuss about this to tear down other candidates when she isn't above similar criticism does hurt the party.

Kudos to Mayor Pete for how he responded to her.

[blm]

114. The single mindedness, the obsessiveness of the attacks have become a hallmark

of some antiWarren posters.

[sheshe2]

10. "crystal chandeliers"

I have one. Paid 75 dollars for it in an antique shop.

[Virginiaboy154]

13. Ridiculous

This is ridiculous. I am going to bet Sen Warren knows her way around a fabulous steakhouse a bottle of wine cheesecake and a chandelier. I sure hope so.

[question everything]

14. And the funds, from last year, were rolled into her presidential campaign

[emmaverybo]

21. Wasn't it 10 million she rolled over?

[highplainsdem]

22. That's what I recall reading.

[stopdiggin]

15. rich people. evil.

this might play well with some supporters (I guess that was the obvious "play" here) .. but I think it is another misstep on the part of Warren and her campaign.

[LongtimeAZDem]

77. Especially when her net worth is about 100 times Buttigieg's

[msongs]

19. it was the mayor in the winecellar with the chandelier :-) nt

[highplainsdem]

23. LOL! That line belongs either in a cozy mystery or a board game.

[grantcart]

29. Lol

[at140]

107. I must admit the wine-cave looks ostentatious...

I am jealous the rich Billionaires got invited, but not a reliable voter like me.

[Tarheel_Dem]

27. Who, in the Warren camp, thought this was a good idea? Stop attacking each other.

[Tiggeroshii]

34. Did they charge $900 a bottle?

[betsuni]

35. It's a CAVE.

Is Pete beholden to Big Wine now?

[wellst0nev0ter]

37. More like beholden to Big Oligarch

[betsuni]

40. Who were the oligarchs there? People who donated the legal limit to Pete's campaign?

Why shouldn't every American be able to do this if they want to and can?

[Hav]

60. You won't get an answer

This is just buzzword bingo and half of those who throw around these buzzwords don't even know what these words mean.

[betsuni]

62. Yes.

[redqueen]

89. The guy who owns the cave.

Craig Hall.

He seems like a nice guy.

In 1978, Hall put up $111,000 to start Independence Health Plan, the second for-profit HMO in the country.

“Can you imagine $111,000 being all the capital that you needed to start a health maintenance organization?” he says. “It actually worked. Made a lot of money. Went public. That was fun because my $111,000 turned into $35 million.”

[betsuni]

100. Millionaires aren't oligarchs.

[redqueen]

101. Hall is a billionaire. And he's already called on Dems for favors in the past

so there's that.

[betsuni]

103. He contributes to Democrats. Not an oligarch.

[redqueen]

106. Debatable

ol·i·garch (/ˈäləˌɡärk/)
noun
1. a ruler in an oligarchy.
2. (especially in Russia) a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence.

[at140]

109. Oligarchs can legally donate unlimited funds to

PAC's and PAC's can support any candidate of their choice.
So go ahead and set up a PAC and so long as you do not coordinate directly with the candidate,
you can spend unlimited funds for Ads favoring candidate(s) of your choice.

[LakeArenal]

87. Oligarch...

(especially in Russia) a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence.

So now every rich person is supposed to be an oligarch? Not every rich person has a passion for power.

Believe or not I know some really rich people that have good hearts and vote Democratic.

If they want to give Pete or Elizabeth a bunch of dough, let them.

Not every politician is selling access. Some are actually concerned Americans.

When are we going to realize it’s not about what rich people have. It’s about what we don’t have.

[wellst0nev0ter]

117. Wow, just look at these people defending rich people

Like they're a protected class or something

[LakeArenal]

119. Oh brother. Yes rich people are protected under law

And yea I am defending rich people. Not all of them are money grabbing ass wads.

I might say to you. Look at all the people condemning wealth and calling every rich person an oligarch. Even if they are hard working people who earned every bit of their money legally and treated folks well along the way.

You sound jealous more than political.

Yep, I wish I was wealthy, too.

[wellst0nev0ter]

121. 60% of the wealth is inherited

Then there are those like Martin Shikreli who came from humble backgrounds, but got rich by doing things that should be illegal, like profiting off the current healthcare system you want to defend to the death.

[LakeArenal]

122. This post signifies that wealthy people are Oligarchs

I refuse to use Warren and Sanders broad brush labeling. They both have tons of money and both have a lot of political influence.

[LakeArenal]

123. Who said I'm rich.

When I retired I had to sell every possession and move to a much cheaper environment.

[wellst0nev0ter]

125. You misread my post

try again.

[Cha]

41. ...

Come on, Pete!

[betsuni]

49. Did they serve ...

CANAPES!???? So tired of Democrats being called corrupt elites because they accept money to pay for their campaigns. It's stupid.

[Cha]

50. If they didn't serve canapes then

nobody has any room to talk. It wasn't behind closed doors.. it was in a "CAVE"! lol!

I see no reports of said "canapes"..

The Warren-Buttigieg wine cave controversy, explained

https://www.vox.com/2019/12/19/21030966/warren-buttigieg-wine-caves-explained

[betsuni]

57. Al Franken: "Campaign contributions don't buy votes. They buy access."

"They may have not donated to you in order to buy your support going forward, but because you've been supporting their good cause all along. And more often than not, you're not meeting with them because of a check they wrote, but rather because you're on the same team."

I hate this cynical everything's-corrupt-and-rigged-and-oligarchs nonsense.

[Cha]

58. I hate it, too.. It's brought us too much Grief already.

Thank you for Al Franken's view, betsuni

[betsuni]

108. Sad to see people furiously trying to make Democrats corrupted by diabolical oligarchs.

I wonder if they really think that saying something over and over makes it true.

[LongtimeAZDem]

72. Good line from the West Wing:

"I know it doesn't look good, he's a friend of ours. But there is a reason he's a friend of ours."

[YOHABLO]

38. ''Chandelier" my ass. That's a tree stump with some lights strung all over it.

It's all a bit too ostentatious for middle America.

[wellst0nev0ter]

39. You forgot to mention the article's headline

"How Elizabeth Warren Raised Big Money Before She Denounced Big Money"

People change and evolve, while some still cling to the big money circuit. Imagine that.

[still_one]

47. I think Buttigieg's assessment is right.

Buttigieg effectively said it is foolhardy not to accept help from a fundraiser from wealthy donors who want to join the fight.

"In response, Buttigieg pointed out that he is personally less wealthy than the other candidates on stage, including Warren. “I am literally the only person on this stage who’s not a millionaire or a billionaire,” he said, citing a Forbes analysis. He then shot back by warning that Democrats could lose to Trump if they declined to accept help from those who are willing to join in the fight. Warren herself, Buttigieg noted, held closed-door fundraisers when she campaigned for the Senate and transferred some of that money from her 2018 Senate account to support her 2020 presidential bid."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democratic-debate-2020-buttigieg-attacks_n_5dfc19aae4b05b08bab28b1a

[Cha]

52. Mahalo for that, still_one.. it just

makes so much sense!

Down with purity tests.. They've already given us too much grief

[madaboutharry]

48. Former Sen. Claire McCaskill said this last week:

“Elizabeth Warren needs to stop pretending she’s not a millionaire.”

She isn’t doing herself any good by looking disingenuous.

Obama also recently talked about purity tests hurting the party.

[Cha]

51. Thanks for that.. I really do Not

like the useless "purity" tests. They've given us so much grief.

[TidalWave46]

53. 2018 is kind of current.

Hard to say that is something she used to do. Not that I care. I would probably be voting for her if she didn’t say she was going to limit the scope of her fundraising.

Sanders is currently doing this. Wasn’t long ago he met a group of multimillionaires at a restaurant where there were items on the menu for $190.

[Kahuna7]

56. People in glass houses...

[sagesnow]

59. Warren has seen the light and

stopped taking the dark money that is totally corrupting our Democracy. The other corporate pandering Democrats need to follow suit. How can you vote to protect the environment and provide affordable health care when you are taking beaucoup bucks from Gas and Insurance companies???

[The Valley Below]

120. What other "corporate pandering Democrats?"

[samnsara]

61. cool! I wanna go see that wine cave!

[greatauntoftriplets]

99. Me too!

[stonecutter357]

63. Elizabeth Warren is a millionaire.

[madville]

124. Multimillionaire at that, lives in a 3 million dollar house

It’s hilarious that someone worth 12 million is running around talking about evil billionaires and millionaires. If she donates to a political candidate are they being influenced by a “multimillionaire”?

[brooklynite]

65. I'm still confused: when I wrote checks to attend events with Warren (for her Senate races)...

...was I supposed to ask for special favors? And can I still put in a request?

[Happy Hoosier]

66. Her attacks felt petty and mean.

I’ve been leaning towards her, but I was unimpressed last night. she is getting bad advice, IMO.

Amy is a bit too centrist for me, but she impressed me last night.

[OKNancy]

94. She is saying that those billionaires are going to corrupt Buttigieg

Not a good look IMO.
I seriously doubt those in the wine cave were billionaires anyway, but even if they were... good!

Give me your billionaires, and millionaires and all your airs. I want all the money for Democrats.

Money only corrupts the corruptible. None of our top candidates are in that category.

BEAT TRUMP

[LanternWaste]

98. I'm trying to, but I just can't seem to get worked up over this one way or the other.

It's a typical (arguably effective) applause line used by candidates to give opponents and proponents the opportunity to make and take cheap shots.

That said, it's got me obsessing over cheese-steaks, and I'm pretty sure I know what dinner will be tonight.

[cwydro]

110. Yeah, I don't get why she did that.

I was disappointed.

[Hoyt]

112. Exactly, she also caved to Massachusetts' medical device manufacturers who didn't like paying ACA

tax designed to make those who profit from healthcare help pay for it.

And don’t get me started on her “Economic Patriotism” junk, and her criticism of Obama and Clinton — right up to 2016 general election — that helped give us trump.

[comradebillyboy]

115. Disappointed to see Warren purity testing other candidates. There was neither

an ethical nor a legal issue in Pete's wine cellar fundraiser. Warren won't get her mojo back by being the purity police.

[Cha]

118. I know.. I'm really disappointed, too..

I hate the bogus purity contests that have already brought us so much grief.

I wish she never would have gone down this Sanders road..

Cory Booker didn't like Warren's "wine cave" attack on Buttigieg

Therein lies the risk that Booker identifies for the Democrats, that not only is very little gained from this line of attack, it also might embitter voters toward other candidates who fail the test. And as Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders demonstrated Thursday night, that risk extends to Warren.

Seconds after Warren and Pete finished up, Sanders swooped in to boast that he is “the only candidate up here that doesn’t have any billionaire contributions,” which includes Warren. Her current presidential campaign, not her old pre-pledge Senate campaign, has accepted donations at or near the $2800 individual contribution limit from at least six billionaires.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287388461