UPDATE: Bernie Sanders Raises $1.8 Million For Charity With Inauguration Meme-Inspired Merchandise!
Social media users couldn’t get enough of Bernie Sanders’ look at Joe Biden’s inauguration earlier this month. While hundreds of memes were created by fans, Sanders Sanders saw it as a perfect opportunity to raise money for a good cause.
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According to NBC News, his ingratiation meme merchandise helped raise $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Sanders’ home state of Vermont. The independent senator shared the great update on Wednesday.
Sanders put the first of the so-called “Chairman Sanders” merchandise, including T-shirts, sweatshirts, and stickers, on his official website Thursday night. The first run sold out in less than 30 minutes, he said. He added more merchandise to the site over the weekend and sold out by Monday morning, he said.
“Jane and I were amazed by all the creativity shown by so many people over the last week, and we’re glad we can use my internet fame to help Vermonters in need,” Sanders said in a written statement. “But even this amount of money is no substitute for action by Congress, and I will be doing everything I can in Washington to make sure working people in Vermont and across the country get the relief they need in the middle of the worst crisis we’ve faced since the Great Depression.”
According to CNN, the charities Sanders picked to benefit from the merchandise sales include: “Area Agencies on Aging to fund Meals on Wheels throughout Vermont, Vermont Community Action Agencies, Feeding Chittenden, Vermont Parent Child Network, The Chill Foundation, Senior Centers in Vermont through the Area Agencies and Bistate Primary Care for dental care improvements in Vermont.”
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