AOC and fellow socialist Bernie Sanders are catching all kinds of flak for jet setting across the country in a ridiculously expensive private plane to decry the dangers of climate change and the evils of capitalism.
Which is pretty much the very definition of irony.
The New York Democrat congresswoman was filmed exiting the side of the private jet she’s been sharing with her 83-year-old compatriot in the Senate on their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, which has made stopovers in a slew of left-wing cities and even Coachella, the annual music festival in the California desert.
Hey @AOC, I thought you said we all have to make sacrifices to prevent Climate Change Apocalypse
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 22, 2025
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The San Joaquin Valley Sun estimates the Bombardier Challenger costs about $15,000 per hour, based on a description on Ventura Air Services’ company website.The outlet cited flight records that show the pair traveled to Salt Lake City, Boise, Bakersfield, and Sacramento last week alone, where AOC and Sanders blasted Republicans for rewarding the wealthy and ignoring the impending apocalypse thanks to global warming before boarding their multi-million-dollar jet and gas-powering it to the next Democrat stronghold. While AOC only stepped up from bartending to screeching on the House floor in the past few years or so, Sanders has notoriously used private jets for his travel for decades, with his campaign committee, Friends of Bernie Sanders, spending over $221,000 on private jets during the first quarter of 2025 alone, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. The Vermont socialist also spent over $1.9 million on private jet travel during his failed presidential campaign in 2020.
Meanwhile, Democrats have urged Americans to give up their own gas-powered vehicles to electric vehicles (just not Tesla, apparently), forfeit their gas stoves, and spend thousands more on Democrat-approved, less efficient appliances that meet their “green” standards, regardless of whether it gets your clothes clean or can reliably refrigerate your food.