Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking a whirlwind trip around Alaska, courtesy of social media and Photoshop.
A viral internet meme this week featuring Sanders at Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony, seated on a folding chair in a surgical mask and wool mittens, was quickly embraced by Alaskans on social media. (The original image was taken by photographer Brendan Smialowski for Getty Images.)
[Bernie Sanders and his mittens were everywhere on Inauguration Day. Just ask the Internet.]
Soon, the former presidential candidate was everywhere — from the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ temperature sign to Utqiagvik’s whale bone arch.
When you're the only one in your group who dresses for the weather. pic.twitter.com/pcvddDmMsa
— UA Fairbanks (@uafairbanks) January 21, 2021
— Pat Race (@alaskarobotics) January 21, 2021
Sanders also made an appearance in front of Juneau’s whale sculpture, and as an IditaRider in Nome.
— Pat Race (@alaskarobotics) January 21, 2021
Sanders made it out to the now-relocated “Into the Wild” bus.
not my idea, just my photoshop pic.twitter.com/8kItG932Xu
— emily sullivan (@emelex_) January 21, 2021
He visited the bears fattening up at Katmai National Park and Preserve.
— emily sullivan (@emelex_) January 21, 2021
Sanders also posed in front of the trans-Alaska pipeline.
— AOGA (@AOGA) January 22, 2021
The Vermont independent dropped by the Alaska Legislature in Juneau as the session begins.
All he needs are some xtratufs.#akleg pic.twitter.com/1PySzOYJb0
— gkubitz (@gkkubitz) January 21, 2021
Finally, Sanders joined a different well-known politician in a viral moment — former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s 2008 turkey pardon.
Fine. pic.twitter.com/2BPjHOLFDm
— Pat Race (@alaskarobotics) January 22, 2021