# Conservatives mock Talarico for gushing over Fauci doll in resurfaced Christmas post

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/conservatives-mock-talarico-for-gushing-over-fauci-doll-in-resurfaced-christmas-post/
- Published: 2026-07-30T16:31:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-30T17:19:59+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservatives-mock-talarico-gushing-fauci-doll-resurfaced-christmas-post
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Talarico’s 2021 Fauci doll post has resurfaced.
- Conservatives mocked the Democratic Senate nominee online.
- The episode highlights Fauci’s enduring political polarisation.

## Summary

A 2021 Christmas social-media post by Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico, in which he celebrated receiving a Dr Anthony Fauci action figure, has resurfaced and drawn mockery from conservative critics. The reaction reflects Fauci’s continued political divisiveness in the United States, particularly among conservatives sceptical of his role during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Talarico wrote on Christmas Day 2021 that he had received “the coolest action figure for Christmas” and thanked healthcare workers, describing them as superheroes. The post concerned a Fauci doll, a novelty item associated with the former senior US infectious-disease official.

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