Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his actress wife Cheryl Hines are being applauded online after the pair was spotted flying in economy class on a commercial flight.
The couple was seen in a TikTok video being escorted separately onto a commercial flight and then sitting in economy class beside several passengers.
Several users praised Kennedy and Hines, comparing them to New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders, who have been using private jets to shuttle between stops on Sanders’ “Fighting Oligarchy” rallies.
“Meanwhile, bernie and AOC flying on private jets because ‘we must fight the billionaires,” one user wrote.
Video from Fox News previously captured AOC and Sanders exiting a Bombardier Challenger 604, a luxury aircraft with a $5 million to $7 million price tag that costs an eye-watering $15,000 per hour to charter.
Both Democratic politicians were jetsetting to attend a series of rallies to “have real discussions across America,” and take on “the oligarchs and corporate interests who have so much power and influence in this country,” the official website for the campaign states.
The Bombardier Challenger guzzles a whopping 365 gallons of fuel every 1.32 hours, according to Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment.
Those who regularly travel by private jet produce nearly 500 times more carbon each year than the average person worldwide, the study said.
Previous HHS Secretary Tom Price had also drawn ire for his use of chartered flights during his brief tenure in the Trump administration during the president’s first term.
A Politico investigation previously found he used more than $1 million in taxpayer money to fund multi-national trips in 2017.
He later resigned from his position after facing multiple federal inquiries for his use of funds.
The HHS did not return a request for comment from The Post for additional details on Kennedy’s travel.
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