Bernie Sanders, With Mittens Pic, Raises $1.8 Million For Charity Bernie Sanders, With Mittens Pic, Raises $1.8 Million For Charity Bernie Sanders announced Wednesday he has raised $1.8 million for charity over the past five days through sales of merchandise featuring him wearing knit mittens and a parka at President Joe Biden s January 20 swearing-in.
Bernie Sander wore the mittens in shades of brown and beige to Biden-Harris Inauguration
Washington, United States:
The Inauguration Day photograph of a mitten-clad, glamor-defying Bernie Sanders perhaps was not the most flattering image of the US senator, but it has become a remarkably charitable one.
The 79-year-old lawmaker from the northeastern state of Vermont announced Wednesday he has raised $1.8 million for charity over the past five days through sales of merchandise featuring him wearing knit mittens and a parka at President Joe Biden s January 20 swearing-in.