Wine Cave Owner Said ‘It’s Not Fair’ That He’s Been Dragged Into Dem Fight

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 19: South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) listens during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Loyola Marymount University on Decem... LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 19: South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) listens during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Loyola Marymount University on December 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Seven candidates out of the crowded field qualified for the 6th and last Democratic presidential primary debate of 2019 hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Craig Hall, who owns the wine cave at the heart of the Democratic feud between Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, said that it’s “not fair” that he’s being used as a “pawn” in the struggle.

According to the New York Times, he and his wife Kathryn own Hall Wines in California.

The Halls have given $2.4 million to Democratic candidates and causes since the 1980s. Craig Hall pointed out the environmental benefits of the wine caves, and said that the practice dates back to the Romans.

Warren used Buttigieg’s glitzy wine cave fundraiser to swipe at him for courting wealthy donors. Buttigieg retorted that Warren is setting “purity tests” that she herself “cannot pass.” The fight churned up Warren’s own fundraiser that she held in 2018, where a thank you for a $1,000 donation was a souvenir bottle of wine.

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  1. More like the “whine cave”.

  2. Avatar for gryka gryka says:

    “Craig Hall pointed out the environmental benefits of the wine caves, and said that the practice dates back to the Romans.”

    All that history and the possession of the cave in question and he can’t figure out how to use the perfect opportunity to shut up. So now the whine meme is alive again.

  3. Avatar for darcy darcy says:

    “It’s Not Fair” cried the millionaire.

    “Come live in my world for a day” laughed the single mom.

  4. We didn’t want this to see the light of day. Why do you think we held it in a cave in the first place.

  5. Avatar for dwward dwward says:

    Nobody but Warren and a handful of people close to her care about this. Yet another example of Warren’s inept tone-deaf politics. She’s a horrible politician who needs to stay in the Senate where she can actually do some good.

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