“Environmentalist” Bernie Sanders Defends Using Private Jets

By Ted Cohen

Vermont's senior senator Sunday rejected the alleged hypocrisy of flying charters while blasting oil-executive salaries.

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Bernie Sanders' use of private jets for his political campaigns and tours has drawn scrutiny from critics who argue it contradicts his advocacy against corporate wealth and environmental issues.

In an interview on Fox News, Sanders pushed back on the apparent contradiction.

“You campaign and you do three or four or five rallies a week,” he told Fox News anchor Bret Baier. “The only way, the only way, you can get around to talk to 30,000 people.

“You think I'm going to be waiting around sitting on a waiting line at United? While 30,000 people are waiting? No apologies for that.

“That's what campaign travel is about," Sanders added. "We've done it in the past and we will do it in the future.”

Sanders tried to argue that President Trump doesn't fly commercial while campaigning either, asking Baier, “When's the last time you saw Donald Trump during a campaign at National Airport?”

“But he's also not fighting the oligarchy," Baier replied.