52 Faces of Community: Kehli Saucier
By Holly Desrosier
Sometimes you’ve got to hit rock bottom before you can reach the top. Kehli Saucier has personally experienced that, but through her determination and an abundance of kindness and compassion for others in similar situations, she has flipped the script on her own life and is helping many people follow suit.
Kehli’s father was in the Air Force, and she had what she referred to as an average military family childhood: living in several places and never staying in one place for too long. She had always identified as a “loner,” but this was significantly exacerbated after surviving a fatal car crash in high school. She woke up after five weeks in a coma and had extensive injuries, including a broken neck and traumatic brain injury. This was just the beginning of the many physical and mental challenges she would face.
I Was Trying to Keep Warm : Bernie Sanders Reacts to Memes on His Viral Mittens
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A day after Bernie Sanders viral grumpy chic look for Inauguration Day became the talk of the town, the Vermont senator has spoken up about his much-memed outfit.
As is now internet legend, Sanders turned up at the swearing-in ceremony of the 46th United States President Joe Biden and 49th Vice President Kamala Harris wearing a brown jacket and hand-woven mittens.
After a photograph of the Vermont senator sitting bundled up in a lone chair on the stands of chilly Washington and watching the ceremony became a viral social media meme, Sanders defended his outfit by stating the simple reason - he was cold.
Here s why Bernie Sanders mittens are going viral Share Updated: 5:39 PM EST Jan 20, 2021
Here s why Bernie Sanders mittens are going viral Share Updated: 5:39 PM EST Jan 20, 2021
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 5:39 PM EST Jan 20, 2021 A pair of mittens worn by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to the inauguration of President Joe Biden are picking up steam online and it s not the first time. The oversized mittens, gifted to him by Essex Junction teacher Jen Ellis, are made from repurposed wool and lined with fleece made from recycled plastic bottles. They first became the focus of Twitter users in 2020 when Sanders was spotted wearing them during the Seacoast Women s March in New Hampshire. Soon after, they had their own Twitter account under the name @BerniesMittens. Feeling the BERN not the BURN, the account s bio reads, making a reference to oven mitts. Mittens are the only thing that can keep Bernie’s hand gestures under
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There was Lady Gaga s gold dove brooch. Michelle Obama s statement belt. Dr Jill Biden s all-blue look. And then there were Bernie Sanders s mittens.
On a day when the fashion spotlight tends to fall on the incoming first lady, the inauguration of US President Joe Biden gave the world an unexpected new sartorial star.
US Senator Sanders trended on social media throughout Wednesday,
thanks to his wintry choice of accessory.
The politician and former presidential candidate, 79, teamed a hardy khaki parka and face mask with the patterned accessories, as he rugged up for Biden s swearing-in ceremony in a chilly Washington DC.
Bernie Sanders is Showing up in Odd Places after His Inauguration Day Mittens Went Viral
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The mittens stole the show.
While Kamala Harris inaugural outfit for her swearing-in ceremony as Vice President made news for obvious reasons, the wardrobe game was nonetheless won by an oddly surprising candidate - Bernie Sanders.
The socialist Democrat, formerly a potential Presidential candidate himself, turned up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for the swearing-in ceremony of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, wearing a casual, brown coat and a rather unimpressed look. But the highlight of the outfit was a pair of woolen mittens that Bernie made sure to never take off. Just like the ones grandmother wove when you were little.