RantCrush Top 5: April 17, 2017

We all know the internet loves Bernie Sanders, and when the Vermont senator spoke at a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream factory over the weekend, a picture of him standing behind a podium went viral. The angle of the photo looked like he was popping out of an ice cream pint, and Twitter immediately started having fun with it.

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

@SenSanders BREAKING: Ben and Jerry’s has announced their newest flavor – “Salty Socialist” pic.twitter.com/KprV53H1Zz

— Conrad Close (@conradclose) April 14, 2017

Sanders was speaking about education, environment, and labor issues. He said that he plans to introduce legislation in the next few months to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.