Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders defended the winter outfit he wore to President Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday after Twitter users poked fun at him.
The former Democratic presidential candidate, who sported wool mittens to the Capitol event, appeared on social media in multiple photographs, drawing jokes and playful criticism as Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took their oaths of office at about noon.
“In Vermont, we know something about the cold, and we’re not so concerned about good fashion,” Sanders said in an interview with CBS News’s Gayle King following the inauguration. “We want to keep warm. And that’s what I did today.”
“This could’ve been an email” pic.twitter.com/kn68z6eDhY
— Ashley K. (@AshleyKSmalls) January 20, 2021
In all the inauguration fashion news, let us not overlook Senator Bernie Sanders’ mittens pic.twitter.com/BlZivZ8cMP
— Vanessa Friedman (@VVFriedman) January 20, 2021
“They are made from repurposed wool sweaters with fleece from recycled plastic bottles”
Instantly iconichttps://t.co/3y2ZSLGNgs
— Zahra Hankir (@ZahraHankir) January 20, 2021
Senator Bernie Sanders showed up in some cozy-as-hell mittens given to him by a Vermont school teacher who makes them out of recycled sweaters https://t.co/lM2aPVaTkD pic.twitter.com/vMreGb8Pqo
— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) January 20, 2021
The independent senator’s mittens were reportedly made from repurposed wool and fleece by a teacher in Vermont. He was also seen wearing them at a Women’s March event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Monday.
