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Investigation: Sanders' anti-oligarchy
tour spent $608k on elite travel

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Posted By: Beardo, 5/27/2026 2:47:05 PM

Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist from Vermont, has spent nearly $608,000 on private jets, chauffeured cars, and upscale hotels since last year through his campaign fund, an investigation by The Center Square found. Sanders is barnstorming the country on his "Fighting Oligarchy" tour, a series of rallies aimed at opposing President Trump and supporting economic populism. To defray its cost, he is raising and spending money through his principal campaign committee, Friends of Bernie Sanders. Even as Sanders rails against billionaires' political clout and economic inequality, his committee has relied on elite trappings more commonly associated with the wealthy.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: earlybird 5/27/2026 2:53:28 PM (No. 2109387)
Didn't Hillary lay a $750,000 lakefront home on Bernie to persuade him to drop out of the 2016 presidential election?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: ladydawgfan 5/27/2026 2:58:03 PM (No. 2109392)
What?? You've never seen a hypocrite before???
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Reply 3 - Posted by: valinva 5/27/2026 3:01:09 PM (No. 2109394)
Bernie, the person who never worked at a real job in his life and got kicked out of a commune because he didn't carry his weight of the work. Hates the rich but wants to live like one of them on other people's money.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: itsonlyme 5/27/2026 3:28:53 PM (No. 2109406)
The socialist will be 85 in September.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 5/27/2026 4:27:42 PM (No. 2109427)
"Pigs are more equal than other animals" We learned about these vermin in Animal Farm.
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