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Gavin Newsom did not appreciate Elizabeth Warren's 'wine cave' swipe at Pete Buttigieg

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Pete-Buttigieg-wine-Elizabeth-Warren-Gavin-Newsom-14921735.php

California Governor Gavin Newsom came to the defense of South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his recent Napa "wine cave" fundraiser after the 2020 presidential hopeful was attacked by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren during the sixth Democratic presidential debate Thursday night.

Warren criticized Buttigieg for his Sunday night fundraiser at Hall Wines in St. Helena, which was attended by several wealthy Bay Area Democrats. “We made the decision many years ago that rich people in smoke-filled rooms would not pick the next president of the United States,” she said. “Billionaires in wine caves should not pick the president of the United States.”

Buttigieg responded by stating he was the only person on the debate stage who is not a millionaire or billionaire, and criticized Warren for her own large donations. "This is the problem with issuing purity tests you yourself cannot pass," he told her.

The mayor gained a defender after the debate in Gavin Newsom, whose business empire included a number of wineries. "It’s my business, it’s how I started,” he told HuffPost after the debate. “It’s a point of pride. It’s one of America’s great exports. I don’t know that it’s helpful to have those kinds of debates.”

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