Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said private jet travel is the “only way you can get around, no apologies,” in response to a question about spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on chartered flights as part of his “Fight the Oligarchy” tour.
During a Fox News interview Wednesday, the self-described democratic socialist asked rhetorically, “Think I’m going to be sitting in a waiting line?”
Federal Election Commission records show Sanders’ campaign committee, Friends of Bernie Sanders, spent more than $221,000 on chartered private jets in the first quarter of 2025, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked Sanders about the flights. Baier noted that the senator has also “spent millions of dollars in campaign funds on private jet travel over the years.”
Sanders shot back with an attack on President Donald…
