A crewneck featuring the image was then made available to purchase on Sanders' website for $45. After initially selling out, the sweatshirt was back in stock on Friday afternoon in sizes small through 2XL. A representative for Sanders did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on how much stock was left.
The website also said that because of overwhelming demand, the sweatshirts would arrive in three to six weeks.
According to the product description, 100% of the proceeds will go toward Meals on Wheels Vermont.
"I was just sitting there trying to keep warm, trying to pay attention to what was going on," Sanders said.
The senator also spoke about what the response had been like for the Vermont teacher who gifted him the sustainably made mittens over two years ago.
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"What was really nice, Seth, is that the woman who made the mittens lives in Essex Junction, Vermont," Sanders said. "She is a schoolteacher and a very, very nice person, and she has been somewhat overwhelmed by the kind of attention that is being shown to her mittens."
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