The Gloves Bernie Sanders Wore During Opening Day Are Sold Out | The State

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On wednesday the senator Bernie sanders He was the protagonist in social networks thanks to the outfit he wore during the Opening Day when wearing a blue surgical mask, a gray Burton coat and huge gloves brown color made of reused wool and lined with fleece made from recycled plastic bottles that gave rise to a rain of memes.

“In Vermont we bundle up, we know the cold,” Sanders said in an interview with CBS News after taking possession. “We are not so concerned with fashion. We want to keep warm. And that’s what I have done today ”.

The gloves were made by Jen ellis, a 42-year-old second-grade teacher and hobbyist living in Essex Junction, outside Burlington, where Sanders was mayor in the 1980s. Ellis gave Sanders the gloves five years ago during his campaign.

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“In Vermont, we dress warm. We know something about the cold and we’re not so concerned about fashion. We want to keep warm.” pic.twitter.com/LSoDY1oUBB

– CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) January 20, 2021

In an interview with the site Jewish Insider, Ellis said she was honored to learn that Sanders was wearing her gloves after they went viral on social media. “It was something unexpected,” Ellis said but added who received about 6,000 emails thanks to an old tweet where he had announced some of the products he makes.

Ellis, who is not an active user on social networks, wanted to reconnect to the social network to announce that unfortunately, she had none of her products left and that her gloves, which she calls “swittens“They were exhausted.

Ellis has no plans to make any more pieces of the gloves it offered at craft shows and online. “I’m glad they want them, fortunately there are many people who sell them and I hope they can get them.” She assured that she does not plan to lose her job as a second grade teacher, a job that keeps her “extremely busy.”

“There is no way I can make 6,000 pairs of gloves. I hate to disappoint people but those gloves are unique. “

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It’s not the first time Sanders’ gloves have been in the spotlight. Last year she took them to the Women’s March in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; some called them “kitchen gloves” and even a Twitter account was born @BerniesMittens, as recorded by the Seven Days site.

In a statement Sanders made to the network on Thursday CNN He said the meme of the week he starred in “makes people realize that we make good gloves in Vermont and we also have good coats.”

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