Bernie Sanders: $ 1.8 million for charity from sweatshirts with his meme

Who would have thought Bernie Sanders had a sense of fashion and business sense too? Instead they both came out. The Vermont senator used his meme with mittens for charity. From sales of the sweatshirts in which he appears in President Biden’s swearing-in look, he has raised $ 1.8 million, which in euros are about one and a half million.

In the meme, the Democratic senator is sitting in a folding chair, wearing a parka and wool mittens.

It was so out of place that it was perfect everywhere else. And indeed his image has ended up almost everywhere, from the sofa of Friends to the tennis courts through the night of the Oscars.

The Sanders team, given the popularity of the image, decided to create sweatshirts and T-shirts with the meme and the words “President Sanders“. Proceeds from sales went to Vermont charities that distribute meals in poor neighborhoods and services for the elderly and people in need.

He wrote a message with his wife. “Jane and I have been blown away by all the creativity shown by so many people over the past week and We’re delighted to be able to use my Internet fame to help Vermont’s needy citizens».

Sanders did not forget that he was a politician, however, and added: “This sum of money cannot replace the action of Congress and I will do everything possible in Washington to make sure that workers in my state and across the country get help. they need during the coronavirus crisis, the worst we’ve faced since the Great Depression. ‘

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