Elitist label could doom Buttigieg

Published December 23, 2019 2:31pm ET



John Kerry’s windsurfing outings. John Edwards’s $400 haircut, along with footage showing him primping in front of a mirror. Now, Pete Buttigieg is the latest Democratic presidential hopeful to face the “elitist” charge.

The South Bend, Indiana, mayor, 37, Thursday got pummeled by rival 2020 Democrats over a recent Napa Valley fundraiser with wealthy donors. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren led the charge, accusing Buttigieg of hobnobbing with millionaires in an ultra-exclusive “wine cave” in Northern California.

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