Bernie Sanders huddled up on a folding chair, wearing huge knitted mittens (AFP)
Security was intense and the atmosphere muted without a large crowd, but Joe Biden s inauguration still threw up some lighter moments.
- Bernie s mittens -
Veteran left-winger Bernie Sanders, 79, was one of the scattering of guests, and the senator from Vermont made an instant impact on social media.
Huddled up on a folding chair, with arms crossed, wearing huge knitted mittens and a green coat to ward off the wintery conditions, Sanders watched his former rival become president. He reportedly received his news-making mittens from a schoolteacher who upcycles used wool clothes into mittens.
Bundled-Up Bernie Sanders Become The First Viral Meme Of The Biden Era Bundled-Up Bernie Sanders Become The First Viral Meme Of The Biden Era Eschewing elegant overcoats in favour of a practical heavy winter jacket and hand knit mittens, Bernie Sanders became the first viral meme for the Biden era.
One netizen placed Bernie Sanders on a bench next to Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
Standing out in a crowd of glamorously dressed guests, Bernie Sanders showed up for the US presidential inauguration in a heavy winter jacket and patterned mittens with an AFP photo of the veteran leftist spawning the first viral meme of the Biden era.