Sen. Bernie Sanders seems to have traveled to the land where failed presidential candidates go.
The Vermont senator and former Democratic presidential candidate is not creeping around in the woods like his former rival Hillary Clinton, but a photo he posted on Twitter Friday may not be reaching the resistance they way he intended.
When we stand up and fight back we can change the country in very positive ways. pic.twitter.com/U4jSzrFaK5
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 14, 2017
Sanders spoke to Ben & Jerry’s employees at the ice-cream maker’s Vermont factory on Friday. The photo of Sanders speaking from behind a lectern-shaped like a giant pint of ice cream quickly took off on social media.
“When we stand up and fight back we can change the country in very positive ways” – @SenSanders pic.twitter.com/j9Dqbc7unS
— Ben & Jerry’s (@benandjerrys) April 14, 2017
this image of bernie sanders preaching from a ben and jerry’s pint podium is a fantasy ive had for some time now https://t.co/UVidksDQUj
— c_def (@c_def) April 14, 2017
Politics presents ways to look foolish nearly every day. https://t.co/A6vdIPPunn
— Brit Hume (@brithume) April 14, 2017
We live in weird times. https://t.co/jroNQk0UkH
— German Lopez (@germanrlopez) April 14, 2017
@SenSanders You look like you are rising from a giant novelty ice cream container.
This is a lot to take him.
— Patrick Thornton (@pwthornton) April 14, 2017
The contradiction of socialism and capitalism was too obvious to be ignored on Twitter.
Socialist stands behind giant ad for overpriced ice cream. https://t.co/y4f5F3aHBV
— BT (@back_ttys) April 14, 2017
Local communist reminds you capitalism is awful.
Message brought to you by Ben & Jerry’s™ ice cream #spon pic.twitter.com/nPKeLm9NIk— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) April 14, 2017
@SenSanders Don’t blame me. I voted for the guy in the giant carton of ice cream.
— Ben (@st3v3Harv3y) April 14, 2017
@SenSanders Oh Bernie…..how far you’ve fallen pic.twitter.com/03HpjWae8j
— Roni #TaxMarch (@paleblueeyes24) April 14, 2017
But the imagery of the 75-year-old “popping out of an ice cream carton like a nudie dancer at a bachelor party” demanded a response on Twitter.
Party orders woman jumping out of cake. Highly disappointed. pic.twitter.com/Z7lNycGDdc
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) April 14, 2017
good point, octogenarian guy looking like he’s popping out of an ice cream carton like a nudie dancer at a bachelor party https://t.co/1Ip5P35WSc
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) April 14, 2017
Worst bachelor party ever pic.twitter.com/2ZmL0vKzSK
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 14, 2017
Customer: “You messed up my order!”
Stripper cake company: “But you ordered a fiery senior!” https://t.co/qJcXcxFpfa— Shoshana Weissmann (@senatorshoshana) April 14, 2017
I literally cannot think of anything more Vermont than Bernie Sanders emerging from a giant tub of Ben & Jerry’s pic.twitter.com/FhwVFLZAPu
— Freddie Campion (@FreddieCampion) April 14, 2017
tfw ur planning the bachelor party last minute and u have to get the last stripper cake at costco https://t.co/HD3Xq02xTe
— Shoshana Weissmann (@senatorshoshana) April 14, 2017
Twitter users also provided a salute to the Vermont-based ice cream company’s newest “flavor.”
@iowahawkblog @redsteeze pic.twitter.com/F6lSJ6FRYl
— Napalmmom (@NapalMom) April 14, 2017
‘When I said I wanted more nuts in my ice cream, I didn’t mean this’ https://t.co/pk713fP1cL
— Pie (@milkpiefridays) April 14, 2017
@SenSanders Che’rry Guevara
— Deebs (@shumad1) April 14, 2017
expectations vs. reality pic.twitter.com/zarku5zJ9D
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) April 14, 2017
Red Velvet Square https://t.co/A8RalFfS6G
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) April 14, 2017
@SenSanders BREAKING: Ben and Jerry’s has announced their newest flavor – “Salty Socialist” pic.twitter.com/KprV53H1Zz
— Conrad Close (@conradclose) April 14, 2017
Many were grateful to the senator for providing a healthy dose of comedy to their day.
‘man, we haven’t had a lot of comedic material on twitter today’
bernie: oh yeah? watch this pic.twitter.com/RbZrDuNqka
— Pie (@milkpiefridays) April 14, 2017
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Do they poke holes in the lid so you can breathe inside the freezer? https://t.co/8R2Mfju28u
— Jim Antle (@jimantle) April 14, 2017
[record scratch]
[freeze frame]
yup thats me. you’re probably wondering how i ended up in this situation pic.twitter.com/FdqaxcOkxZ
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) April 14, 2017
“The 1% need to stop Hagen all Dazs wealth” pic.twitter.com/O8TmNsLxZT
— Mike Murphy (@mcwm) April 14, 2017
Does anyone need this much ice cream? Only a true one percenter would have a carton this big. #icecreaminequality https://t.co/AJn0JFYWwQ
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 14, 2017
“Excuse me, waiter, there’s a huge nut in my Rocky Road”
“…And?”
“He won’t stop talking about free college.” https://t.co/BjUymjAvUS
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) April 14, 2017
Tfw Jeff Sessions tried to warn you about the dangers of pot but you didn’t listen pic.twitter.com/hBooVkMv5L
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) April 14, 2017
me, leaving corner store: “Ah, stoked to enjoy this Ben & Jerry’s!”
*opens lid, Bernie Sanders pops out *
“POWERFUL SPECIAL INTERESTS …” pic.twitter.com/diINMKgKeA— Sam Laird (@samcmlaird) April 14, 2017
@SenSanders pic.twitter.com/k4Y8tvqkRj
— David Bloom (@dbloom) April 14, 2017
@faceuptoit @SenSanders pic.twitter.com/Wg5sLX8L5E
— Doremus Schafer (@DoremusSchafer) April 14, 2017
I would give anything for a pint of Ben & Jerry’s with a tiny Bernie Sanders giving a rousing speech submerged in it https://t.co/U9jQi6N8c1
— Daniel Hentschel (@danhentschel) April 14, 2017
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