--- title: Bernie Sanders: Ben & Jerry's Photo Sparks Twitter Jokes description: Twitter felt the Bern after former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders appeared to emerge from a cool pint of Ben & Jerry's canonical: https://time.com/4741423/bernie-sanders-ben-and-jerrys/ author: Aric Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-15T15:37:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:51.820Z og:title: Bernie Sanders Gave a Speech Behind a Giant Ben & Jerry’s Tub and Twitter Had Lots of Jokes og:description: The memes were inevitable og:url: https://time.com/4741423/bernie-sanders-ben-and-jerrys/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad75bb90167b96d9/6988c2f397cdff24516b0456/bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4591 og:image:height: 2582 og:image:alt: Bernie Sanders And Elizabeth Warren Hold Progressive Political Rally In Boston og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bernie Sanders Gave a Speech Behind a Giant Ben & Jerry’s Tub and Twitter Had Lots of Jokes twitter:description: The memes were inevitable twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad75bb90167b96d9/6988c2f397cdff24516b0456/bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bernie Sanders Gave a Speech Behind a Giant Ben & Jerry’s Tub and Twitter Had Lots of Jokes > Sponsored content. 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Scott Eisen—Getty Images by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Apr 15, 2017 3:37 PM UTC Twitter felt the Bern after former presidential candidate [Bernie Sanders](http://time.com/4733392/bernie-sanders-tom-perez-unity-tour/) appeared to emerge from a pint of [Ben & Jerry’s.](http://time.com/money/4687941/ben-jerrys-free-ice-cream-cones-april-4-2017/) The Vermont senator was speaking at one of the company’s ice cream factories in St. Albans, Vt., when he was photographed behind the podium, which resembled a giant pint of Ben of Jerry’s. The image ended up on Twitter, and it was only a matter of time before meme-makers morphed Sanders’ speech on U.S. policy issues into a variety of other, hilarious scenarios. Despite the jokes online, it was a serious matter for Sanders. He spoke on education, the environment, and labor issues, [according to ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-scoop-ben-jerrys-employees/story?id=46815248). > [](https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/852976956119429120) > [](https://twitter.com/FreddieCampion/status/852979899908464640) > [](https://twitter.com/Anna%5FWelch11/status/853244544044945408) > [](https://twitter.com/SandosaurousRex/status/852993069523779584) > [](https://twitter.com/OdelGauri/status/852991356142276608) > [](https://twitter.com/samcmlaird/status/852978054343163904) > [](https://twitter.com/c%5Fdef/status/852948034837037056) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4741423/bernie-sanders-ben-and-jerrys/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4741423/bernie-sanders-ben-and-jerrys/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders Gave a Speech Behind a Giant Ben & Jerry’s Tub and Twitter Had Lots of Jokes","datePublished":"2017-04-15T15:37:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:51.820Z","description":"\"Worst bachelor party ever\"","url":"https://time.com/4741423/bernie-sanders-ben-and-jerrys/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","memes","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad75bb90167b96d9/6988c2f397cdff24516b0456/bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad75bb90167b96d9/6988c2f397cdff24516b0456/bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bernie Sanders And Elizabeth Warren Hold Progressive Political Rally In Boston","caption":"Bernie Sanders And Elizabeth Warren Hold Progressive Political Rally In Boston","creditText":"Scott Eisen—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4741423/bernie-sanders-ben-and-jerrys/","name":"Bernie Sanders Gave a Speech Behind a Giant Ben & Jerry’s Tub and Twitter Had Lots of Jokes"}}]}] ```