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I am once again asking you to apply an extremely versatile photo of Bernie Sanders to a multitude of situations in your life because, yet again, the Vermont senator has gone viral for merely being his 79-year-old self. Sanders latest meme-able event arrived almost exactly a year after his last, the still-applicable I am once again asking you moment from a late 2019 fundraising video. Upon his arrival at the Jan. 20 inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the nation s new president and vice president, Sanders plopped down in a chair far away from the rest of the audience (social distancing king!), burrowed into his coat and cozy-looking knit mittens, and waited for the festivities to begin. And thus, a meme was born.
Bernie Sanders’ inauguration mittens hail from Vermont too. Second-grade teacher Jen Ellis made them, and they’ve been worn across the country.
The 79-year-old lawmaker donned his signature utilitarian Burton jacket amid a sea of bespoke trench coats. (Burton is a snowboarding company based in Burlington, Vt., and a longtime supporter of Sanders).
The progressive politician also prominently displayed patterned knit mittens and inexplicably carried a large manila envelope to the ceremony. It’s all business, all the time for this no-frills civil servant.
Joe Biden will inherit from Trump: The worst economy since the Great Depression, the worst public health crisis in 100 years, massive wealth inequality, the existential threat of climate change, a racist immigration system. These unprecedented crises demand unprecedented action. Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) January 19, 2021