Okay, yes, we can all collectively agree that Michelle Obama’s inauguration outfit is truly amazing. But can we take a second to talk about Bernie Sanders? Amid a sea of leather gloves and tailored overcoats, everyone’s favorite grumpy senator showed up looking like he’s off to shovel the driveway and then pick up some dried beans at the co-op.
https://twitter.com/rubycramer/status/1351915535647330306
Wait, is Bernie is wearing the same jacket from his meme at the inauguration? pic.twitter.com/q0DtVNpZbB
— Alan Johnson (@AlanJohnson) January 20, 2021
Apparently, Sanders’ mittens were made by a Vermont schoolteacher, who fashioned them out of recycled sweaters and plastic bottles. And it seems as if his coat is the same one from the widely-shared “I am once again…” meme. Because of course Sanders probably only owns one coat.
As it turns out, Sanders—sitting alone in a puffy jacket, mitten-swaddled hands crossed over his chest—is all of us these days.
when mom makes you go to your brother’s hockey game but you just wanted to stay home pic.twitter.com/uE3BNrCjRX
— Mike Murphy (@mcwm) January 20, 2021
Out on the town having the time of my life with a bunch of friends pic.twitter.com/Qu7UpVTKgQ
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 20, 2021
I am once again asking that you not talk to me at parties. pic.twitter.com/b6wzZNv9KG
— Obed Manuel (@obedmanuel) January 20, 2021
when I’m early for a movie but didn’t bring a book pic.twitter.com/FCrFnxE3gS
— Marc (@marcsnetiker) January 20, 2021
In Jewish yoga this pose is: waiting for my wife at Loehmann's pic.twitter.com/Qik7wsZ0ad
— Chandra Steele (@ChanSteele) January 20, 2021
When I'm invited to baby showers. pic.twitter.com/zL3s8jbyWt
— Anita (@AnitaM86) January 20, 2021
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me enjoying an outdoor dining experience pic.twitter.com/Kot5IiGAGR
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) January 20, 2021
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Me in high school at the mandatory pep rally when the speaker said “Everyone who’s ready to have a good time get on your feet!" pic.twitter.com/GUSOvvj58Y
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) January 20, 2021
what brooklyn once was // what brooklyn has become pic.twitter.com/J5GCgJZISp
— P.E. Moskowitz (@_pem_pem) January 20, 2021
https://twitter.com/thecultureofme/status/1351928220690620417?s=20
a very powerful Parent Watching Their Kid’s U7 AYSO Soccer Game aesthetic pic.twitter.com/mhwGhRt2fC
— ric sanchez (@ricsanchez) January 20, 2021
If I Don’t Really Fuck With People Like That was a person pic.twitter.com/mRdTMrAMcg
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January 20, 2021
me going on dates during a panny pic.twitter.com/bchINP0c0q
— Elahe Izadi | الهه (@ElaheIzadi) January 20, 2021
https://twitter.com/celestrogen/status/1351930912536219652?s=20
https://twitter.com/rachsyme/status/1351924607465496582?s=21
I am once again asking that you not talk to me at parties. pic.twitter.com/b6wzZNv9KG
— Obed Manuel (@obedmanuel) January 20, 2021
https://twitter.com/daisy_razor/status/1351924935317458951?s=20
https://twitter.com/keshiaerica/status/1351936936831803398?s=20
https://twitter.com/lmigaki/status/1351952851640209411?s=20
When Garth leaves the stage without doing Friends in Low Places pic.twitter.com/0Wt1oty8xt
— Connor Newcomb (@ConnorNewcomb_) January 20, 2021
Mimi Montgomery joined Washingtonian in 2018. She’s written for The Washington Post, Garden & Gun, Outside Magazine, Washington City Paper, DCist, and PoPVille. Originally from North Carolina, she now lives in Del Ray.
