![Bernie Sanders in First Class bernie sanders wearing a black shirt and blue collar with headphones in his ears sitting in black leather chair in first class on a commercial plane.
The article explains memes surrounding the viral photograph.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/033/012/bernie.jpg)
Bernie Sanders in First Class
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About
Bernie Sanders in First Class, also known as Bernie Sanders Listening to Music, is a viral photograph of Senator Bernie Sanders wearing white earbuds while seated in first class on a commercial airplane. The image has inspired numerous memes, including an image macro series hypothesizing what is playing on his device (similar to Mayor Pete Buttigieg Wearing Headphones).
Origin
On July 7th, 2019, Twitter [1] user @CCarrGOP tweeted the photograph with the caption "First class flight and first to board. Socialism has been good to
@BernieSanders." The post received more than 22,000 likes and 8,500 retweets in less than one year (shown below).
![First class flight and first to board. Socialism has been good to @BernieSanders . Chris Carr @cCarrGOP First class flight and first to board. Socialism has been good to @BernieSanders. 2:39 PM · Jul 7, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/763/526/ab7.png)
Spread
That day, Facebook [2] account LibertyHangout shared the photograph. The post received more than 1,000 reactions, 985 shares and 550 comments in less than one year.
On October 15th, Instagram [5] user @sonny5ideup shared the image with the caption "me hitting my vape on the bus." The post received more than 37,000 likes in less than one year (shown below, left). Similarly, Instagram[6] user @virjuulablow shared a variation with the caption "me trying to hit my juul secretly." The post received more than 2,100 likes in less than one year (shown below, right).
![me hitting my vape on the bus me hitting my vape on the bus](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/763/541/d1d.png)
![me trying to hit my juul secretly me trying to hit my juul secretly @virjuulablow](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/763/543/6a1.png)
Bernie Sanders Listening to Music
On February 23rd, 2020, Twitter[3] user @tonybonesarelli tweeted the picture with the caption "what song is bernie listening to in this pic?" The post received more than 2,700 likes and 150 retweets in less than one week (shown below).
![what song is bernie listening to in this pic? the Facts Bastard @tonybonesarelli what song is bernie listening to in this pic? 7:23 PM · Feb 23, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone >](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/763/531/7e8.png)
Following the post, people began sharing answers on the platform. For example, on February 24th, Twitter[4] @poetastrologers tweeted, "Norman Fucking Rockwell on repeat during Mercury Retro." The post received more than 23,000 likes and 4,500 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, left).
Over the next week, people continued to share variations of the meme, placing the photograph of Sanders with a screenshot of a phone-based music player showcasing an album or podcast (examples below, center and right).
On February 25th, 2020, Junkee[7] published a report on the meme.
![Norman F------ Rockwell on repeat during Mercury Retro Astro Poets @poetastrologers Norman F------ Rockwell on repeat during Mercury Retro 6:23 AM Feb 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/763/534/67a.png)
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![eyehategod Joseph Earp @Joseph_o_Earp TAKE AS NEEDED FOR PAIN Kill Your Boss - remastered 2 Eyehategod 0:02 -4:12 5:26 PM · Feb 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/763/554/045.png)
Various Examples
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![Space mountain Disneyland @Disneyland2go Space Mountain - From "Sp Michael Giacchino 1:48 -1:23 7:14 AM · Feb 27, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/763/557/d72.png)
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![Ok peter griffin to explain this new meme Ok Peter griffin here to explain this new meme so here we have Bernard Sanders yes very good we all know him as our greatest ally against middle eastern savagery ok great so here he is and he's coughing oh no Bernie please no it's another f------ gas chamber BERNIE NO](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/763/561/95d.jpg)
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Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @CCarrGOP's Tweet
[2] Facebook – LibertyHangout's Post
[3] Twitter – @tonybonesarelli's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @poetastrologers' Tweet
[5] Instagram – @sonny5ideup's Post
[6] Instagram – @virjuulablow's Tweet
[7] Junkee – Bernie Sanders Chilling With His Headphones In Has Inspired A Massive New Meme
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