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MONTREAL, Jan 24 — Bernie Sanders may be most familiar in a US political context, but that hasn’t stopped Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from using a now famous meme of the Vermont senator to warn people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic. Yesterday, Trudeau posted a photo of...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted a photo of himself giving a press conference from his lawn with the image of a seated, mitten-clad Bernie Sanders superimposed in the background. — Picture viaMONTREAL, Jan 24 — Bernie Sanders may be most familiar in a US political context, but that hasn’t stopped Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from using a now famous meme of the Vermont senator to warn people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic.

The viral Sanders photo, snapped by AFP photographer Brendan Smialowski at US President Joe Biden’s inauguration, shows the senator huddled in a chair, arms folded and also sporting an average-guy winter coat. Referencing a recent incident in which his son appeared in the window while he spoke to the media, Trudeau wrote: “It was one thing when my son crashed my press conference a month or so ago.”

 

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