Senator Bernie Sanders Mittens
DC, — Wednesday’s inauguration of President Joe Biden, social media spotted on TV the mittens that Sen. Bernie Sanders wearing it.
The Independent who ran for the Democratic nomination for President had gloves I caller mittens, very fashionable and practical for cold weather. By the way they were made from a recycled sweater and lined with fleece, sources told.
The Mittens blew up on social media Wednesday, with people creating funny memes out of a picture of Sanders wearing them at the ceremony.
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Ellis, who spotted on TV said she has never met the senator, is a full-time elementary school teacher in Vermont’s Essex-Westford School District. She upcycles used wool clothes into mittens as a side business, to sell at craft fairs or to give as gifts.
Because the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancelation of craft fairs, Ellis said she has not been producing mittens for sale lately.
Sanders previously wore the mittens at stops on the campaign trail when he was running for president in 2020, and in interviews with Vermont journalists.
more on-brand than I thought possible https://t.co/pgdPOyXOpG
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) January 20, 2021
“The fact that these mittens, which were made from recycled and repurposed materials, made it to the national stage is really a shoutout to Vermont,” Ellis said. “I’m really proud that he took them to D.C. and that he was there for this historic moment.”
