Bernie Sanders generates memes with his inaugural outfit

MONTPELIER: Wear gloves made from recycled materials and a to warm winter jacket, US Senator Bernie Sanders he stripped off a casual housewarming outfit and a vibe that only he could.
Many people quickly singled out the 79-year-old independent Vermont senator’s gaze, and created endless memes, since the inauguration on Wednesday Joe biden and Kamala harris, who said it was more about staying warm than fashion.
“In Vermont, we dress warm, we know something about the cold and we are not so concerned with good fashion, we want to stay warm. And that’s what I did today,” Sanders told CBS Wednesday.
People were particularly enthralled by Sanders mittens, which were made by a Vermont elementary school teacher who runs a side business making gloves from recycled wool.
“I love that he loves them and that he uses them,” Jen Ellis, an elementary school teacher, told NECN-TV. “And I am totally honored that he used them today.”

Ellis has never met Sanders. But when her daughter went to a child care center owned by one of her relatives, she was able to leave a pair in the hands of Sanders.
“I think people like a touching story, especially now,” he said when asked about all the attention the gloves were getting on social media.

Widespread interest in mittens led Ellis to tweet Wednesday that “there were no more” of the coveted hand warmers.
Sanders has donned the gloves before while running for president in 2020 and in interviews with Vermont reporters, the station reported.
Sanders’ inaugural look, including a brown winter jacket made by Burton’s snowboards, has spawned countless memes since Wednesday, including the former presidential candidate on the subway, on the moon, sitting on the couch with the cast. of “Friends”.

In memes that are spread throughout the Indian Territory, Sanders is wrapped in a Pendleton blanket sitting by the parade route during a tribal fair, by the fire during a ceremony, and riding in the back of a pickup truck across lands. remote. Even before opening day, he was nicknamed “cheii,” the Navajo word for “grandfather.”

Ryan Leclerc, a durable goods buyer for Onion River Sports in Montpelier, Vermont, said Sanders is more about substance than style. Leclerc noted that the senator’s inauguration garb emulated what was “cool” about him.

“Those are the gloves you can see when you drink cider around the fire. Sanders doesn’t care and it’s not important to him,” Leclerc said.