At a town hall last week, the 5th richest Senator in office, Claire McCaskill, said that “normal people can afford” private jets like the one she flies around the world in.
This is a new level of delusion, even for DC elitist Claire McCaskill. The ability to fly in a private jet is anything but normal, and if Claire thinks it is, she’s dramatically out of touch with Missouri. Though she hails herself as a daughter of rural Missouri, Claire leads a far more luxurious life than the normal Missouri family. The average household income in Missouri is $50,000. Air Claire’s private jet retails for a whopping 3 million dollars. So maybe the “normal people” Claire surrounds herself with while in DC can afford multi-million dollar planes, but not average, hard-working folks back home.
“Claire McCaskill is so accustomed to jetting around in her cushy private jet that’s she’s lost all concept of what’s normal for the average Missourian,” said NRSC Deputy Communications Director Bob Salera. “Candid comments like this are going to stick with folks at home, and Missourians are realizing Claire McCaskill for what she is – too out of touch to represent them in Washington.”