'champagne Socialists' Sanders And Aoc Spotted Boarding Private Jet On 'fighting Oligarchy' Tour

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., chartered a backstage pitchy worthy up to a staggering $15,000 an hr for respective West Coast stops connected their "Fighting Oligarchy" tour. 

Sanders boarded nan luxury Bombardier Challenger backstage pitchy astatine nan Meadows Field Airport successful Bakersfield, California, connected Tuesday afternoon, according to a photograph captured by a root connected nan crushed and shared exclusively pinch Fox News Digital. Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez, whom nan root besides spotted boarding nan backstage jet, said astatine their "Fighting Oligarchy" arena successful Bakersfield conscionable hours earlier. 

Flight records reveal nan pitchy landed astatine Sacramento Mather Airport connected Tuesday evening, which is astir a 20-minute thrust to Folsom, California, wherever nan self-identified Democratic socialists hosted their 2nd rally of nan day. 

The pitchy Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez were seen boarding made stops successful Salt Lake City and Boise anterior to landing successful Bakersfield, according to formation records. The presence dates lucifer nan duo's "Fighting Oligarchy" events successful Salt Lake City and Nampa, which is astir a 25-minute thrust from Boise Airport. 

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A photograph captured by a root connected nan ground, and shared exclusively pinch Fox News Digital, confirmed Bernie Sanders boarded nan luxury Bombardier Challenger backstage pitchy astatine nan Meadows Field Airport successful Bakersfield, California, connected Tuesday day betwixt stops connected his "Fighting Oligarchy" circuit pinch Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (Fox News Digital)

"Champagne socialists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez request Americans surrender their pick-up trucks, aerial conditioning and nutrient from nan luxe leather seats of their backstage jets that costs much per hr than astir Americans gain successful months. Their hypocrisy is staggering," National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spokesperson Ben Petersen said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. 

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The Bombardier Challenger backstage pitchy is operated by Ventura Air Services, which touts "one of nan widest cabins of immoderate business pitchy disposable today" and provides "superior compartment comfortableness for its passengers." According to their website, nan backstage pitchy tin costs up to $15,000 an hour. 

Sanders has agelong been ridiculed for relying connected luxury backstage planes while crisscrossing nan country, informing Americans astir ambiance alteration and nan threats of billionaires seizing governmental power. Despite his Democratic socialist level advocating for cosmopolitan healthcare, nan Green New Deal and ending wealthiness inequality, Sanders flying private has go infamous. 

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 connected Tuesday, shows that Sanders dropped nan monolithic haul betwixt 3 backstage pitchy companies: Ventura Jets, Cirrus Aviation Services and N-Jet.

Sen. Bernie Sanders waves to nan crowd during a "Fighting Oligarchy" arena successful Los Angeles, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The six-figure spending connected backstage jets this twelvemonth follows Sanders spending complete $1.9 cardinal connected backstage jets during his grounded statesmanlike run successful 2020. A Fox News Digital reappraisal recovered that Sanders dished retired almost $2 million to Apollo Jets and nan Advanced Aviation Team, a Virginia-based backstage pitchy company.

Private jets person faced nan ire of Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez's chap ambiance activists. According to 2021 Transport and Environment report, backstage jets are up to 14 times much polluting than commercialized planes.

"For real, really galore backstage jets do these CEOs need? It is insatiable. It is unacceptable," Ocasio-Cortez said successful 2023, successful 1 illustration of nan New York congresswoman herself railing against backstage jets. 

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrives to speak during a "Fighting Oligarchy" circuit arena astatine Arizona State University, March 20, 2025, successful Tempe, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Both Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez championed nan Democrats' grounded Green New Deal, nan fierce ambiance alteration argumentation targeting c emissions and fossil substance production. Ocasio-Cortez projected nan arguable authorities successful 2019, and Sanders designed his ain Green New Deal scheme during his 2020 statesmanlike superior campaign. 

Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez person welcomed monolithic crowds to their "Fighting Oligarchy" stops crossed nan country. On Saturday, nan 2 governmental leaders hosted what they said was their largest rally ever, pinch 36,000 group successful Los Angeles. 

Fox News Digital tin corroborate that Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez boarded a backstage pitchy astatine nan Meadows Field Airport successful Bakersfield, California, connected Tuesday day betwixt stops connected their "Fighting Oligarchy" events connected nan West Coast. (Getty/Fox News Digital)

Sanders started nan "Fighting Oligarchy" 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." 

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Fox News Digital reached retired to nan offices of Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez for comment.