Bernie Sanders Makes 'no Apologies' For Private Jet Travel On 'fight Oligarchy' Tour

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is making "no apologies" for chartering backstage jets to recreation for his "Fighting Oligarchy" circuit stops crossed nan country. 

The Vermont lawmaker and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., person been gaining power done their "Fighting Oligarchy" tour, quickly becoming nan look of nan progressive helping of nan Democratic Party. Organizers started nan circuit successful consequence to President Donald Trump's 2nd word to "take connected nan Oligarchs and firm interests who person truthful overmuch powerfulness and power successful this country." 

With aggregate rallies a week, Sanders defended his mode of travel, telling "Special Report" executive editor Bret Baier successful an exclusive question and reply Wednesday "that's nan only measurement to get around."

"You tally a campaign, and you do 3 aliases 4 aliases 5 rallies successful a week. [It is] nan only measurement you tin get astir to talk to 30,000 people. You deliberation I'm gonna beryllium sitting connected a waiting statement astatine United…while 30, 000 group are waiting?" Sanders said connected "Special Report."

"That's nan only measurement to get around. No apologies for that. That's what run recreation is about. We've done it successful nan past. We're gonna do it successful future."

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Sanders' run committee, Friends of Bernie Sanders, spent complete $221,000 chartering backstage jets during nan first 4th of 2025, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings reviewed by Fox News Digital. The filing, which was released past month, shows that Sanders dropped nan monolithic haul betwixt 3 backstage pitchy companies: Ventura Jets, Cirrus Aviation Services and N-Jet.

Some of these flights included Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez's chartered backstage pitchy worthy up to a staggering $15,000 an hr for respective West Coast stops connected their "Fighting Oligarchy" tour. 

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While defending his travel choices, Sanders, an Independent pinch sizeable power successful nan Democratic Party, besides offered his return connected nan sizeable occurrence of his country-wide campaign. 

Sanders claimed nan crowds were a operation of Americans crossed nan governmental spectrum who person "concerns" astir nan authorities of U.S. politics. He pointed to alleged concerns complete a "government of nan billionaire class," "movement toward authoritarianism" and Republican Party policies. 

"I deliberation astatine a clip erstwhile nan group connected apical are doing phenomenally well, erstwhile seniors, working-class group are struggling, group want to perceive action to guidelines up to nan group who person nan wealthiness and nan powerfulness and create an system that useful for each of us, not conscionable nan group connected top," Sanders concluded. 

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Fox News Digital's Marc Tamasco, Deirdre Heavey, Andrew Mark Miller and Cameron Cawthorne contributed to this report.