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The US presidential inauguration brought with it many good things, not least of which an end to Donald Trump’s reign.
There were several outstanding moments, like poet Amanda Gorman, who wowed crowds with her recitation of The Hill We Climb.
And then there were Bernie Sanders’ wool mittens.
Bernie was captured first on video, then in a photo (see above), clad in his usual parka from Burton Snowboards and white and brown mittens knitted for him by Jen Ellis, a teacher in Vermont, who gave them to him in 2016.
He looked like a vocal progressive in comfortable clothing who’s fed up with centrist politics (which he is).
The image has received the meme treatment with Vox describing them as “liberal comfort food”.
We rounded up some of the best:
“This could’ve been an email” pic.twitter.com/kn68z6eDhY
— Ashley K. (@AshleyKSmalls) January 20, 2021
When your grandson’s violin recital is running long pic.twitter.com/dTBuCw8EGT
— Clue Heywood (@ClueHeywood) January 20, 2021
Some of my best work honestly #BernieSanders #TheLastSupper pic.twitter.com/T289rAQfUN
— chelsea (@chelsealeite) January 20, 2021
#BernieSanders will always be there for you pic.twitter.com/Ka8kVEBFvs
— Ella Freeman (@Ella_Freeman12) January 22, 2021
Can’t wait for the new #SATC feat #BernieSanders @SenSanders
Cute highlight from #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/CpdOMcthGn— Anita Sharma ૐ (@AnitaSharma) January 21, 2021
Bernie Sanders, first of his name, Wearer of Mittens, Sitter of Chairs pic.twitter.com/1j6p8mrdlr
— Matthew Mucha (@mattymooch) January 20, 2021
This one is from the opening of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air:
And one of him perched atop our very own Lion’s Head:
“hiking sucks” pic.twitter.com/odCBZL7hY8
— Lion’s Head (@LionsHeadCPT) January 21, 2021
You’ll find countless more memes, here, here and here.
If that wasn’t enough of a gift, The Verge found a site made by NYU masters student Nick Sawhney that allows you to put Bernie anywhere in the world using Google Street View.
I made a website where you can put bernie in places using google maps street view. Enjoy!https://t.co/UfY5g9xU2k pic.twitter.com/8rstiEXOHf
— nick (@nick_sawhney) January 21, 2021
Here’s our own ‘Bernie on Lion’s Head’ meme, generated using the site:
All you have to do is type in an address or location and hit ‘Submit’.
Click here to start popping Bernie into your favourite spots.
I’ll leave you with Seth Meyers who spoke to Bernie about the viral meme, and his now-iconic mittens:
