Bernie Sanders LoFi Subway Ride (Twitter: @good)
Jan. 21, 2021 By Allie Griffin
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was seen all over Queens yesterday.
A photo of the 79-year-old sitting in a folding chair at the inauguration of President Joseph Biden in D.C. on Wednesday quickly went viral.
Social media users edited the image of Sanders in a winter coat and patterned mittens into photos of famous scenes and locations across the country.
It wasn’t long until the meme of Sanders was photoshopped into various locations across the World’s Borough.
One user placed his image into a photo of the 46th Street station in Astoria. In the photo, Sanders sits next to a subway sign that was altered to read “46th Joe, 45th out” in honor of President Biden’s inauguration.
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Sanders was also spotted in a still of Astoria Park, soaking up sun on the lawn.
His image was cropped into another famed Queens location — the home of the Mets, Citi Field.
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The cut-out of Sanders was also photoshopped onto the beloved 34th Avenue Open Street in Jackson Heights.
He was at the #34AveOpenStreets – did you get to try on the mittens? pic.twitter.com/8iZzmPOcGB
— Luna Ranjit ? (@LunaRanjit) January 21, 2021
Local Queens businesses also participated in the trend as well.
Sanders was superimposed into a photo of the Good Neighbor Queens deli inside the Falchi building in Long Island City. In another photo edit, he was shown standing in line for a Greek food street cart in Astoria.
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Two Queens breweries — Big aLICe Brewing in Long Island City and Queens Brewery in Ridgewood — also put their photo-editing skills to use and added Sanders’ image into their outdoor dining setups.
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Perhaps the most iconic Queens rendition of the Sanders meme was done by QNS. The publication placed the senator in an image of the Unisphere at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
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19 Comments
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I am once again asking for your permission to turn up the heat.
Omg! Where is your sense of humor people? I think they did a great job photo shopping, we need to relax a little, don’t jump to criticize!
BERNIE 2024!!!!
28,000 dislikes?? Jeez people are quick to judge
This better be a glitch
This was a horrible attempt at comedy, it just came across as picking on Bernie for not wanting to conform to the Washington elite norms!!
It’s all over the Internet. Hilarious. Have no sense of humor?
Even Bernie is selling sweatshirts of the image and proceeds go to Meals on Wheels Vermont.
Bernie’s Memes were the best part of the inauguration.
I guess this is what qualifies as news now.
they have to stop making fun of the old man. his 80! of course he will have a parka and mittens. its cold!!! what’s wrong with people? the media should the elderly better.
Poor bernie , looks like he wanted to go home for his nap.
Nah. He was holding some envelopes. He looked like as if the inauguration was on his to-do list but didn’t take up the whole list. Man was boutta go to the post office afterwards
Wow, A 79 year old man, tries to keep warm outside. anything to call attention to their place of business and have gullible liberals spend..enjoy your meal outside
…it’s viral all over the internet. There’s probably a million #berniesmittens images.
These clowns mocking a man that’s clearly looking for comfort in a chilly day.
I’m a year younger and the cold really bothers me, so if I was there I’d be dressed like he is.
Being from Vermont he knows what cold is all about! ??❄️⛄️
The one of him on the subway is too real though. Thats how most NYers in the winter ride the train lol
His wife must of been mad for him not wearing a hat.
Bruh he’s just wearing clothes like any person, why they gotta make a big deal out of it?
Just let the man wear his clothes.