Bernie Sanders in space! These inauguration mitten memes are out of this world
Bernie Sanders sits on Saturn's rings in this image from NASA's Cassini mission, which citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill edited to include Bernie Sanders.
After casually stopping by President Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday (Jan. 20), Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont set out on a tour of the universe — sort of.
OK, so the senator has not left Earth, but a viral photo of him bundled up in a bulky coat and wool mittens at the inauguration has prompted space fans with photo-editing skills to send Sanders to the moon, Mars, the International Space Station, a black hole, and even the "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" universes.
Scroll down to check out some of our favorite "out-of-this-world" #SitWithBernie memes from around the web.
Sanders, a former presidential candidate who lost the Democratic nomination to Biden in 2020, said during his campaign that, if elected, he would publicly disclose any secret government information about UFOs.
While he hasn't publicly expressed interest in going to space himself, his campaign website states that he "supports NASA's mission and is generally in favor of increasing funding for NASA."
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