--- title: The Bernie Sanders Meme Pile on Has Commenced description: The Bernie Sanders meme pile on has commenced from the I am once again asking for you support memes to Bernie board. canonical: https://time.com/5779804/bernie-sanders-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-02-07T14:16:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-14T08:52:58.114Z og:title: The Bernie Sanders Meme Pile on Has Commenced og:description: He is once again writing on a board and asking for your support out here og:url: https://time.com/5779804/bernie-sanders-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7faf41ad8c543adc/698a09ea22fb8540dee2a912/BernieSandersMemes-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Delivers Campaign Update In Manchester, New Hampshire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Bernie Sanders Meme Pile on Has Commenced twitter:description: He is once again writing on a board and asking for your support out here twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7faf41ad8c543adc/698a09ea22fb8540dee2a912/BernieSandersMemes-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 05:39 video:published: 2019-06-06 section: politics topics: 2020 presidential campaign, Trump voters, economic anxiety, wages and working hours, rigged system, Medicare for All, universal college education, reparations, African American voters, wealth and authenticity genre: interview, campaign profile tones: reflective, critical, candid, probing emotions: anxiety (medium), frustration (medium), hope (low), defensiveness (low) sentiment: neutral audience: voters, political observers, Sanders supporters, general news audience people: Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump organizations: TIME, University of Chicago, Congress content_suitability: politics [00:00-05:39]; financial distress [01:51-02:41] transcript_source: automatic transcription transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # The Bernie Sanders Meme Pile on Has Commenced With 'Bernie Board' and 'Once Again Asking for Your Support' > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=72ec9400-9c1b-4a01-aec1-ef4f3d8856bb&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: On the Trail with Bernie Sanders [Watch (HLS stream): On the Trail with Bernie Sanders](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/CzTT8vRD.m3u8) (5:39)  _Published 2019-06-06. TIME follows Bernie Sanders on the 2020 campaign trail_ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary The video follows Bernie Sanders on the 2020 campaign trail, including a Midwestern tour where he speaks about voters who backed Trump and the economic stress facing working families. He shares details of his childhood in a rent-controlled Brooklyn apartment and his family's financial struggles. The segment also covers his efforts to reach African American voters, including his response on reparations, and questions about whether he can shift from activist to leader. ## Key points - Sanders says many people, including Trump supporters, are working longer hours for low wages than 40 years ago. (00:35) - Sanders's 2016 campaign centered on a rigged system; in this campaign he balances that message with talk of stress and anxiety in regular people's lives. (01:34) - Sanders describes growing up in a rent-controlled, three-and-a-half-room apartment in Brooklyn where his father was a salesman with a steady but modest salary. (02:09) - Sanders says money dictated every decision his family made and that his parents had fights over spending. (02:41) - Medicare for All and universal college education are becoming more mainstream with other candidates, according to the video. (03:07) - Sanders responds to questions about being a millionaire after selling a bestselling book by saying he didn't know writing a good book was a crime. (03:55) - Sanders says he will sign a reparations bill if Congress passes one establishing a commission to study reparations. (04:38) - Commentators question whether Sanders, after decades as an activist, can make the transition to being a leader. (05:03) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 01:34] Empathy for Trump voters and the message. Sanders discusses how to address Trump voters by telling them the truth about wages and working hours. - [01:34 to 03:07] From rigged system to economic anxiety. The video contrasts Sanders's 2016 rigged-system message with his new focus on stress and anxiety in ordinary lives. - [03:07 to 03:55] Mainstream ideas and the press. Sanders's signature policies are gaining ground, while questions arise about his avoidance of the press and his personal wealth. - [03:55 to 04:38] Challenges with African American voters. A Detroit bakery exchange shows Sanders struggling with a question about reparations. - [04:38 to 05:39] Leadership questions. Commentary on Sanders's legacy and whether he can move from activist to leader, and his response on how he is perceived. ## Key quotes - [00:35] Bernie Sanders: "here's the truth, that many people in this country, including a whole lot of Trump supporters, are working today longer hours for low wages than they did 40 years ago." - [02:41] Bernie Sanders: "It not that you hungry it is that money dictated every decision that my family made" - [03:55] Bernie Sanders: "I didn't know that it was a crime to write a good book." - [04:38] Bernie Sanders: "Well, I said that if the Congress passes that bill, I will sign it. It is a study." - [05:11] Interviewer: "is equipped to make the transition to being not an activist, not a prophet, not a gadfly, but a leader." ## Questions this video answers - Does Bernie Sanders's approach to Trump voters rely on empathy or on telling them the truth? [00:08] - How has Sanders's campaign message changed from 2016 to now? [01:34] - What was Sanders's childhood and family financial situation like? [02:09] - Does Sanders's wealth from a bestselling book conflict with his message? [03:50] - What is Sanders's position on reparations? [04:26] - Can Sanders move from activist to leader? [05:03] ## Content suitability - politics [00:00-05:39]: Entire video is about a presidential campaign and political candidates. - financial distress [01:51-02:41]: Discussion of living paycheck to paycheck, worry, and family money struggles. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 7, 2020 2:16 PM UTC TIME follows Bernie Sanders on the 2020 campaign trail by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 7, 2020 2:16 PM UTC If you are snapped doing a poster presentation, you’re giving the internet a perfect canvas with which to imagine whatever they want with [memes](https://time.com/5522328/state-union-pelosi-clap-meme/). And [Bernie Sanders](https://time.com/longform/bernie-sanders-2020/) got a his latest taste of that this campaign year with Bernie Board, a meme trend following the recent “I am once again asking you for your support” memes of his December video that keep going strong. “A note from Bernie to his field staff,” Sanders’ campaign manager Faiz Shakir tweeted this week. The message? “Thanks for all your hard work.” Yes, Garfield, the lasagna loving cat was never, ever on the board, and neither was an Iowa caucus-themed message with colorful illustrations for children. But that didn’t stop Twitter and reddit users from running with it and Photoshopping some highly amusing illustrations onto the poster. No matter if people are on the same political page as the Democratic Presidential candidate, perhaps “keep baby Yoda safe,” may just be a unifying message. > [](https://twitter.com/focra/status/1224447743088680961) > [](https://twitter.com/SamCropper/status/1225335357023117312) > [](https://twitter.com/rafaelshimunov/status/1224158794160201728) We’ve been here before with Sanders when he used a blown-up printout of a Trump tweet from 2015 in an effort to urge President Donald Trump to veto cuts to Social Security. For Sanders, it would seem the meme pile on commenced. After he shared a video of himself bundled up in a coat outside telling his supporters that he was “once again asking for your financial support,” in order to receive enough donations before the FEC deadline, it was only a matter of time before the memes came along. The snippet and a wintry image fit perfectly into screengrabs. Viewers got right down to make some changes to the plea, and they’re still at it. > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1211784529129590784) People asked for plenty of things. > [](https://twitter.com/disgusta%5Fjokes/status/1222966591995822080) > [](https://twitter.com/PAYOLETTER/status/1224420696178249728) > [](https://twitter.com/GraceSpelman/status/1223022464638365697) For his part, he is sticking with this [line](https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/ewsurp/hello%5Freddit%5Fbernie%5Fsanders%5Fhere%5Fi%5Fam%5Fonce%5Fagain/?ref=share&ref%5Fsource=embed&utm%5Fcontent=title&utm%5Fmedium=post%5Fembed&utm%5Fname=03325f6ecddd4c88928d22ed9c50265a&utm%5Fsource=embedly&utm%5Fterm=ewsurp). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5779804/bernie-sanders-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5779804/bernie-sanders-memes/"},"headline":"The Bernie Sanders Meme Pile on Has Commenced With 'Bernie Board' and 'Once Again Asking for Your Support'","datePublished":"2020-02-07T14:16:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-14T08:52:58.114Z","description":"The Bernie Sanders meme pile on has commenced from the I am once again asking for you support memes to Bernie board.","url":"https://time.com/5779804/bernie-sanders-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7faf41ad8c543adc/698a09ea22fb8540dee2a912/BernieSandersMemes-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7faf41ad8c543adc/698a09ea22fb8540dee2a912/BernieSandersMemes-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. 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