Bernie: This is my good jacket, and it keeps me warm. “Everyone else: wearing giant, dressy black and grey coats. How eco-friendly and weather-appropriate! “They are made from repurposed wool sweaters and lined with fleece made from recycled plastic bottles.” She gave them to him 2+ years ago and was surprised when he began wearing them on the campaign trail,” Cramer tweeted. “Bernie’s mittens are made by Jen Ellis, a teacher from Essex Junction, Vt. His very cozy-looking beige mittens also drew the internet’s attention, and Buzzfeed News reporter Ruby Cramer even identified the Vermont woman who makes them and gifted them to Sanders years ago. Knowing Sanders’ utilitarian approach to clothing, it makes perfect sense that he would wear the same jacket to the inauguration that he wore in the now-famous video of him on the campaign trail “once again asking” for donations from supporters. His expression, though mostly concealed behind his standard-issue surgical mask, is resolute in its Bernie-ness.Īlso Read: Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz and More Politicians Read 'Mean Tweets,' Including One by Trump (Video) The photo in question shows Sanders sitting in a folding chair, arms crossed and socially distanced from those around him. While some viewers admired Lady Gaga’s “Hunger Games”-style outfit or Michelle Obama’s gorgeous plum-colored ensemble, Sanders became the Twitter darling of the moment after a sweet, curmudgeonly photo of him at Capitol Hill began circulating on Wednesday. senator in his adorable woolen mittens seems to have awakened an insatiable hunger for more Bernie memes. And even now, an entire day later, the photo of the Vermont U.S.

Bernie Sanders has once again stolen the internet’s heart - this time by wearing the coat from the “I am once again asking” meme at President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

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