<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1c858bd5892c3555d9498f98ce268f03" id="e927c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353210174090174464"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sold Out
https://t.co/OYxnBwlou5 https://t.co/jwHvBHzx6F</div> — Eugenia Castro (@Eugenia Castro)<a href="https://twitter.com/EugenixCas/statuses/1353210174090174464">1611465421.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>Sanders said that both he and his wife, Dr. Jane O'Meara Sanders, were "amazed by all the creativity shown by so many people over the last week, and we're glad we can use my internet fame to help Vermonters in need."</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3b5ba27a7e15eff8e14c1cc3693984b1" id="084b7"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351986145962422286"><div style="margin:1em 0">I've seen enough. This is the winner. https://t.co/DuDeUGnGz4</div> — Fred (@Fred)<a href="https://twitter.com/WaywardWinifred/statuses/1351986145962422286">1611173590.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>While the meme of Sanders in his mittens exploded online and money raised will go towards a good cause, the senator said "even this amount of money is no substitute for action by Congress, and I will be doing everything I can in Washington to make sure working people in Vermont and across the country get the relief they need in the middle of the worst crisis we've faced since the Great Depression."</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ac38036a84cafb4a24bca23b7c77290c" id="d919b"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353844894670811137"><div style="margin:1em 0">Here is #Bernie in Collinsville Illinois!
It is getting hard to cats up with him. https://t.co/YiwhTTqhrL</div> — RoseAnn DeMoro (@RoseAnn DeMoro)<a href="https://twitter.com/RoseAnnDeMoro/statuses/1353844894670811137">1611616750.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>The original photograph was taken by Getty Images photographer Brendan Smialowski, but the PAC said that as part of the licensing agreement with Getty that a portion of the funds generated by the photograph will also be donated to help support Meals on Wheels nationally.</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5cb564787d71af35b27897dfed6372ca" id="91702"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354189937483145219"><div style="margin:1em 0">This photographer took the photo of Senator Bernie Sanders (and his mittens) on Inauguration Day that launched a th… https://t.co/Crd2hG33ME</div> — The New York Times (@The New York Times)<a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/statuses/1354189937483145219">1611699015.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>In addition to the merchandise, the maker of the original mittens—Vermont knitter Jen Ellis—has been pressed for orders from around the world, but announced last week that she was sold out.</p><p>"I hate to disappoint people, but the mittens," she <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2021/01/jen-ellis-bernie-sanders-mittens/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">told</a> <em>Jewish Insider</em> last week, "they're one of a kind and they're unique and, sometimes in this world, you just can't get everything you want."</p><p><em>This article first appeared on Common Dreams. You can read it <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/27/bernie-chairman-sanders-announces-18-million-haul-charity-mitten-merch" target="_blank">here.</a> </em></p><p><br/></p>From Your Site Articles
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