Photo of Sanders behind a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream lectern turns into a meme

Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) speech at an ice cream factory Friday took off on social media after he tweeted a photo of himself speaking behind a lectern shaped like a giant pint of ice cream.
{mosads}Sanders addressed employees at a Ben & Jerry’s factory in St. Albans, Vt., speaking about energy policy before tasting some flavors.
“We have to transform our energy system away from fossil fuels to clean energy,” he said. “When we stand up and fight back we can change the country in very positive ways.”
Photos of the event were shared on Twitter by Sanders and Ben & Jerry’s. Social media users immediately picked up the photo, with jokes about Sanders being “Vermont’s finest” or mock ice cream flavors named after the senator.
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
.@SenSanders can’t visit our Vermont factory without trying some new flavors. pic.twitter.com/QhSpki7lEQ
— Ben & Jerry’s (@benandjerrys) April 14, 2017
“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
When we stand up out of a big tub of ice cream and surprise the whole party, we can https://t.co/6TQpyikbdp
— libby watson (@libbycwatson) April 14, 2017
Worst bachelor party ever pic.twitter.com/2ZmL0vKzSK
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) 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
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
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
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
@faceuptoit @SenSanders pic.twitter.com/Wg5sLX8L5E
— Doremus Schafer (@DoremusSchafer) April 14, 2017
@SenSanders pic.twitter.com/k4Y8tvqkRj
— David Bloom (@dbloom) April 14, 2017
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