The Bernie Sanders Clothes Chair meme is a clever hybrid of the viral 'Mittens Bernie' from the 2021 Presidential Inauguration and the common 'Clothes Chair' trope, which describes the phenomenon where a pile of laundry on a chair looks like a menacing figure in the dark. By superimposing the image of a grumbling, bundled-up Bernie Sanders onto a dark bedroom setting, the meme perfectly captures the feeling of waking up in the middle of the night to find a suspicious silhouette watching you. It gained massive traction as a relatable way to mock nighttime anxiety and pareidolia, combining political pop culture with universal domestic experiences.