Jet-setting U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is being called out for his hypocritical fight against billionaire oligarchs.
The Independent Vermont senator has been criticized for his tour against the “oligarchy” along with sidekick Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Recent reports have called attention to the cost of private flights to get the duo to stops on the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour.
Bernie likes to preach about carbon footprints and climate change too, yet he travels by private plane consistently He did yesterday with that other hypocrite, AOC.
— MAGA Kitty (@SaveUSAKitty) April 23, 2025
“Sanders’ campaign committee, Friends of Bernie Sanders, spent over $221,000 chartering private jets during the first quarter of 2025, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings reviewed by Fox News Digital,” Fox News reported, adding that Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez “chartered a private jet worth up to a staggering $15,000 an hour for several West Coast stops on their ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour.”
Sanders is also being called out for ranting against billionaires now and seeming to drop his criticism of millionaires since the publication of his best-selling books.
Bernie Sanders used to rail against millionaires. Then he became a millionaire by writing an anti-capitalist book and stopped talking about millionaires. pic.twitter.com/Kfu3hjS9h2
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 23, 2025
The glaring change in the socialist senator’s rhetoric got the attention of social media users who had plenty of questions on X.
So now it’s okay for millionaires to buy elections?
— Average Joe Crypto (@AverageJoCrypt0) April 23, 2025
Now he rails against “billionaires”
— ClimbTheMtn (@MtnTha) April 23, 2025
Bernie likes commie stuff as long as Bernie gets an exemption from the commie stuff.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 23, 2025
He’s never had a real job so he knows squat about what we the people need!
— George Denton (@LGDenton) April 23, 2025
As he flies on private jets and lives in mansions. He is a politician oligarch.
— pohakustar (@pohakustar) April 23, 2025
Millionaires were suddenly no longer an issue after his 2016 campaign.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 23, 2025
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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