<p>On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) defended the exorbitant use of private jets to fly around the country during his “Fighting Oligarchy&#8221; tour with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).</p>
<p>Fox News host Bret Baier broached the topic during an interview with Sanders on &#8220;Special Report.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/BretBaier?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BretBaier</a> challenges Bernie Sanders on why he spent $221k using private jets during his ‘fighting oligarchy’ tour <a href="https://t.co/lMii8D4HC1">pic.twitter.com/lMii8D4HC1</a></p>
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<p>He first alluded to a POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/slotkin-has-a-war-plan-to-beat-trump-dont-be-weak-and-woke-00308176" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> on how Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) urged Democrats to stop harping on the “oligarchy” because the term does not resonate beyond coastal institutions.</p>
<p>Then Baier referred to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/friends-of-bernie-sanders-spent-200k-on-jets-for-his-fighting-oligarchy-tour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent</a> Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/bernie-spent-221k-on-private-jets-while-railing-against-trump-during-fighting-oligarchy-tour/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">story</a> on Sanders&#8217; main campaign committee, Friends of Bernie Sanders, spending $221,723 chartering private jets during the first quarter of 2025 after and the senator spending millions of dollars on such flights over the years.</p>
<p>&#8220;You know, Elissa Slotkin, senator from Michigan, she said you shouldn&#8217;t be using &#8216;oligarch,&#8217; it&#8217;s over people&#8217;s head. You&#8217;ve gotten criticized from other people,&#8221; Baier said. &#8220;Free Beacon says Bernie Sanders spent $221,000 on private jets [amid the] &#8216;Fighting Oligarchy&#8221; Tour, paid for by Friends of Bernie Sanders. That you&#8217;ve spent millions of dollars in campaign funds on private jet travel over the years. How do you push back on both of those things?&#8221;</p>
<p>Sanders&#8217; initial inclination was to take a swipe at President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>&#8220;When&#8217;s the last time you saw Donald Trump during a campaign mode at National Airport?&#8221; Sanders asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;No, no, no. It doesn&#8217;t. But he&#8217;s also not fighting the oligarchy,&#8221; Baier replied.</p>
<p>&#8220;No. You run a campaign and you do three or four or five rallies in a week. The only way you can get around to talk to 30,000 people,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;Think I&#8217;m going to be sitting on a waiting line at United, waiting, you know, while 30,000 people are waiting? That&#8217;s the only way you can get around. No apologies for that.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added: &#8220;That&#8217;s what campaign travel is about. We&#8217;ve done it in the past, we&#8217;re going to do it in the future.&#8221;</p>
<p>With the reporting on the price tag for the “Fighting Oligarchy&#8221; tour flights, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) criticized Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez for their jet-setting ways with a not-so-subtle nod to their climate activism.</p>
<p>&#8220;Champagne socialists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez demand Americans surrender their pick-up trucks, air conditioning and meat from the luxe leather seats of their private jets that cost more per hour than most Americans earn in months. Their hypocrisy is staggering,&#8221; NRCC spokesperson Ben Petersen <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/champagne-socialists-sanders-aoc-spotted-exiting-private-jet-fighting-oligarchy-tour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News Digital.</p>

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