‘Wine Cave’ Jabs Leave Pete Buttigieg Backpedaling: Debate Takeaways

Sanders, Biden try to parry questions about their age
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By Ryan Teague Beckwith

December 20, 2019 at 4:48 AM UTC

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Pete Buttigieg took heat over a fundraiser in a wine cave that took the luster off his unexpected rise in the polls. Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren swatted away questions about their age.

Andrew Yang had to yell “I’m over here” to get a moderator’s attention.