FILE - Former presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) sits in the bleachers on Capitol Hill before Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President on Jan.
20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AF About those wooly mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media?
They've helped to raise $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Sanders' home state of Vermont, the independent senator announced Wednesday.The sum comes from the sale of merchandise with the Jan.
20 image of him sitting with his arms and legs crossed, clad in his brown parka and recycled wool mittens.Sanders put the first.