Winnipeg Free Press U.S. senator waiting in cold takes meme world by storm By: Ben Waldman | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 Save to Read Later U.S. President Joe Biden took the oath of office Wednesday, but Sen. Bernard Sanders — looking disheveled as ever, wearing a blue surgical mask and a pair of wool mittens — stole the show. U.S. President Joe Biden took the oath of office Wednesday, but Sen. Bernard Sanders — looking disheveled as ever, wearing a blue surgical mask and a pair of wool mittens — stole the show. Feeling the Bern? Click to Expand If you want to place Bernie into your own picture using image-editing software, Twitter user J Dot M Dot created green-screen JPG and transparent PNG versions of the image of Bernie sitting.