Bernie Sanders doesn't own a tux nor does he plan to buy one, even if he's elected to the White House.

'I'll probably get myself in a lot of trouble right now...and my wife disagrees with me no doubt, but a tux is kind of a symbol of class privilege,' he told Good Morning America's Robin Roberts.

He won't even wear one to his inaugural balls, the senator told Roberts.

'It says "Hey, I'm really important and I'm fancy, and you know, you're something else." That's all.'

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Bernie Sanders doesn't own a tux nor does he plan to buy one, even if he's elected to the White House

'I'll probably get myself in a lot of trouble right now...and my wife disagrees with me no doubt, but a tux is kind of a symbol of class privilege,' he told Good Morning America's Robin Roberts

Sanders' wife Jane laughed at her husband as he explained his aversion to the finer garments in life in the GMA segment.

He was on the show to discuss his candidacy for the Oval Office ahead of the first nomination fight today in Iowa.

He's competing against Hillary Clinton to represent Democrats next November in the general election.

Rumor has it that Sanders at a 1994 state dinner in Bill Clinton's White House skipped a fancy suit in favor of clothing that better fit his style.

He wasn't the only one. South African President Nelson Mandela did not wear a tux, either.

Roberts asked Sanders today if the story was true and he said it was.

Asked if he'd wear a tux to his own inaugural balls at the White House, Sanders said, 'I don't think so.'

In an interview with Time magazine last month Sanders cringed at the thought of having to wear a tux to ceremonial events such as state dinners and the White House Correspondents’ dinner.

'Ah! Not that! Oh please,' he said.

Informed that he would have to wear both a tuxedo and a black tie, Sanders said, 'O.K., let’s set the record straight. I’m not aware in the Constitution — you may be more of a constitutional scholar than I am — I don’t recall the black ties.'

That doesn't mean that Sanders would meddle with other cherished White House traditions, though.

'Turkeys, we can pardon,' he said.