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In reply to the discussion: Buttigieg "wine cave" event attendee details the fundraiser in new op-ed [View all]Hassin Bin Sober
(26,311 posts)83. No he didn't
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Buttigieg "wine cave" event attendee details the fundraiser in new op-ed [View all]
babylonsister
Dec 2019
OP
"He also asserted that Warren's claim of people drinking $900 bottles of wine was false".
Cha
Dec 2019
#1
He's not among my top few candidates for President, but I really like him....
George II
Dec 2019
#20
"Wine already out of the bottle"? That's ridiculous. So a candidate makes an entirely false claim...
George II
Dec 2019
#5
Who's to say Bill Wehrle necessarily knew everything going on with the wine cave fundraiser?
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#14
He was there, he knows a lot more than someone who wasn't there, Elizabeth Warren.
George II
Dec 2019
#22
Ah, but what went on behind closed doors in the wine cave's secret Oligarch Room?
betsuni
Dec 2019
#37
It's customary to decant good wine before drinking to give it time to breathe.
greatauntoftriplets
Dec 2019
#16
How about "the wine out of the bottle" for THESE events? Both PRIVATE, both $1,000-$5,000 admission
George II
Dec 2019
#70
Pete Buttigieg is not. But his net worth is roughly equal to what Sanders' was before he decided...
George II
Dec 2019
#8
New Rule: Democrats can only hold fundraisers in bus stations and abandoned buildings.
betsuni
Dec 2019
#7
And even if they plan on contributing the maximum of $2800, make sure they break them up....
George II
Dec 2019
#23
i really like banrock station which is usually around $5 on sale at discount liquor.
pansypoo53219
Dec 2019
#67
I wonder where the Vice President of Health Insurance Exchanges at Kaiser
OneCrazyDiamond
Dec 2019
#11
Probably at Kaiser, because only one candidate wants to do away with insurance companies.
George II
Dec 2019
#25
Meh, at a minimum wage of $10/hr it would only take a worker half a week to buy that bottle of wine.
jalan48
Dec 2019
#21
What do minimum wage workers have to do with this? EVERY candidate accepts....
George II
Dec 2019
#28
Yeah, eking out a living on minimum wage is a real butt hurt. The elites are busy working on
jalan48
Dec 2019
#31
No, I don't, and no, we don't, at least not as many as some would like us to believe.
George II
Dec 2019
#32
Seriously!! But imagine if it was Bernie attending a wine cave fundraiser with billionaires!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#56
If he wanted to deny healthcare, have unregulated insurance companies, he'd be a Republican.
betsuni
Dec 2019
#57
Perhaps you should take that up with Bernie...he didn't seem to have a problem hanging out with...
brooklynite
Dec 2019
#72
AFAIK Mayor Pete was being critized for not having the press at that event after he said "The press
napi21
Dec 2019
#53
The op-ed author (Wehrle) has been a VP at Kaiser Permanente for almost 8 years.
LonePirate
Dec 2019
#77