You Call That a Halloween Costume, Bernie?

Image by Sanders Campaign

By Anne Cohen November 2, 2015

Bernie Sanders took a break from the campaign trail this weekend to go trick or treating.

The Democratic candidate was walking alongside three of his grandchildren in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

“Sunnee, 12, was dressed as the White Witch from “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” Ryleigh, 10, wore a blue and tan “Sonic the Hedgehog” costume that included pointed ears. Grayson, 9, had on a full-body, fuzzy “Abominable Snowman” costume with a big floppy head.”

Sanders’ eldest son Levi and his wife Raine Riggs adopted their three children from China.

Dressed and ready for Halloween! Three of @BernieSanders grandchildren – adopted from China – join him onstage pic.twitter.com/X3fbvLIM09

— MaryAlice Parks (@maryaliceparks) October 31, 2015

Sadly, Bernie did not dress up as Larry David. But that didn’t stop him from grabbing a Nestle Crunch bar on the sly to enjoy on his walk. You do you Bernie.

Anne Cohen was the Forward’s deputy digital media editor. When she’s not looking for the secret Jewish history of Voodoo in New Orleans, or making lists about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she writes for The Assimilator. She graduated from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism with an M.S. magazine concentration in 2012.

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