On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) defended the exorbitant use of private jets to fly around the country during his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
Fox News host Bret Baier broached the topic during an interview with Sanders on “Special Report.”
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He first alluded to a POLITICO report on how Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) urged Democrats to stop harping on the “oligarchy” because the term does not resonate beyond coastal institutions.
Then Baier referred to a recent Washington Free Beacon story on Sanders’ main campaign committee, Friends of Bernie Sanders, spending $221,723 chartering private jets during the first quarter of 2025 after and the…
