{"id":2144,"date":"2021-02-01T16:35:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T05:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=185140"},"modified":"2021-02-09T18:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T07:15:15","slug":"bernie-sanders-mittens","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/bernie-sanders-mittens\/","title":{"rendered":"AN INTERNET GLOVE STORY: GRAZIA Meets the maker of Bernie Sanders Mittens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It seems fitting that after a US presidential election campaign defined by bizarre distractions – Rudy Giuliani\u2019s hair dye<\/a>, a press conference at the wrong Four Seasons<\/a>, Mike Pence vs The Fly – Inauguration Day would generate its own internet moment.<\/p>\n

We refer, of course, to Bernie Sanders wearing mittens.<\/p>\n

For all the history taking place in Washington on Inauguration Day, it is the image of a rugged up Sanders, legs crossed, arms folded, hands mittened, that endures.<\/p>\n

Snapped by photographer Brendan Smialowski, something<\/a> about Sanders\u2019s demeanour in the picture struck a chord with people. Is he cold? Is he bored? Is he both?<\/em><\/p>\n

Before long the internet was flooded with Bernie Sanders mittens memes, everyone clambering to photoshop the unimpressed Sanders into various setups. There he was riding the subway in New York, sitting on the Iron Throne from GoT<\/em> and, my personal favourite, sitting on a park bench alongside Forrest Gump.<\/p>\n

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#BernieSanders<\/a> In. Forest gump pic.twitter.com\/reuMX762JQ<\/a><\/p>\n

— \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7fkieran kiely \ud83e\udd77 (@comedy_kieran) January 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n