Far-left darlings Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders are once again proving that irony is not just alive—it’s cruising at 41,000 feet.
The socialist duo, known for their fiery crusades against wealth, capitalism, and corporate greed, were spotted disembarking from a Bombardier Challenger 604—a luxury jet with a price tag that could wipe out the tuition debt of half their fanbase. The flight, costing a modest $15,000 per hour, was part of their “Fighting the Oligarchy” tour, which seeks to denounce… well, private jets, rich people, and excess.
The aircraft, a gleaming symbol of the very “elite privilege” they claim to battle, whisked them from stop to stop—Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Bakersfield, Nampa—each stage more anti-wealth than the last. Their campaign website insists the tour requires only “a modest amount of resources.” Apparently, modest is the new code word for multimillion-dollar air travel.
At a rally, AOC implored the crowd to vote for Democrats “who stand for the working class.” Judging by her transportation upgrades—she flew first-class on JetBlue just last month to a similar event—standing for the working class now includes reclining 180 degrees while sipping complimentary mimosas.
And while they bash billionaires, their campaign literature is sure to remind readers the tour is “paid for by Friends of Bernie Sanders (not the billionaires).” One assumes that means just the millionaire friends.
But perhaps the most dazzling contradiction of all is the environmental one. Both Sanders and AOC routinely frame climate change as an existential threat. And yet, their aircraft of choice burns through 365 gallons of fuel every 79 minutes, according to Nature journal. That’s more carbon than the average human emits in an entire year—per trip.
So while AOC and Bernie continue their sky-high crusade against wealth, privilege, and carbon, the rest of us can only look up—literally—and marvel at how far the revolution has flown.
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