The $ 45 black sweatshirt with black crewneck looks as popular as the meme – the first range of the product sold out in less than 30 minutes on Thursday night, according to a news release from Sanders’ office.
“More items were added over the weekend and sold out by Monday morning,” the news release read.
All the money raised will be distributed to various charities in his home state of Vermont, according to the release.
“Jane and I were amazed at all the creativity that so many people have shown over the past week, and we’re glad we can use my internet fame to help Vermonters in need,” Sanders said in the statement.
‘But even this amount of money is no substitute for action by Congress, and I will do everything in Washington to ensure that working people in Vermont and across the country get the relief they need in the midst of the worst crisis. we ‘have faced since the Great Depression. ‘
The charities Sanders has chosen to benefit from the commercial sales include: Area Aging Agencies to fund meals on Wheels throughout Vermont, Vermont Community Actions, Feeding Chittenden, Vermont Parent Child Network, The Chill Foundation, Senior Centers in Vermont by the Area Agencies and Bistates Primary Care for Improvements in Dental Care in Vermont.
Sanders is not the only one using the viral moment as an opportunity to raise money for charities.
As part of the license agreement to place the famous photo on T-shirts, sweatshirts and stickers, Getty Images will donate its proceeds from the license to Meals on Wheels America, according to the news release.
Burton Snowboards, which is the coat Sanders wore on the inauguration day, donated 50 jackets in the Burlington section for children and families in the senator’s name.
