Bernie Sanders' mittens
Meme & format · 2021 · Notable
An inauguration meme raised a reported $1.8 million for Vermont charities.
Spread Score
How it worksNumbers
- Seed to peak
- 2 days
- Jan 20 ’21 to Jan 22 ’21
- Platforms
- 8
- Started on Reddit
- Origin
- Organic
- Politics & civic
How it spread
Trace the originUsers captioned an inauguration photograph on Twitter and Reddit, then made Snapchat and Instagram remixes. Fans built image generators and crocheted dolls. Sanders’s campaign reported $1.8 million for Vermont charities; other makers ran separate fundraisers.
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January 2021
Brendan Smialowski / AFP precursor · Jan 20 ’21
AFP's photograph of Sanders seated at the inauguration was uploaded to Getty Images.[1]
droplit_ (r/MemeEconomy) seed · Jan 20 ’21
droplit_ posted the seated photograph with the caption Invest in Bundled up Bernie.[2]
@taber platform jump · Jan 20 ’21
@taber shared a transparent cutout that others could insert into different scenes.[3]
Changelogupdated Oct 15 ’26
- Fact-check passed (42 claims)
- Added 7 sources · Archived 8 sources · Added 1 evidence check · Score 45 → 47 · Revised 1 event · Added 2 sources · Archived 2 sources · Revised 13 numbers
- Added: 16 events, 22 sources · Score 45
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