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Megyn Kelly Irked By UWS Toy Store Selling Liberal Action Figures

"It's worse than we thought," the former Fox News host said about a Dr. Anthony Fauci action figure on sale at West Side Kids.

An image of Megyn Kelly and the West Side Kids store on the Upper West Side.
An image of Megyn Kelly and the West Side Kids store on the Upper West Side. (Photo 1: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for Time Photo 2: Google Maps)

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News host and longtime Upper West Side resident, is not so happy about action figures of liberal elected officials and other major individuals on sale at a local toy store.

Kelly has taken to Twitter twice over the past few days to share images of the democratic action figures for sale at West Side Kids.

The collection might not be Batman, Optimus Prime, and Wonderwoman. Still, it is a star-studded democratic lineup with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamal Harris, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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For no apparent reason, the action figures for AOC and Pelosi are for ages 14 and up, while the rest are for kids over three.

"They've always been really, really popular," an employee of West Side Kids named Dominic told Patch. "We've always sold them."

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Dominic added that a few customers have come into the store at 498 Amsterdam Avenue to show him Kelly's tweets.

He doesn't remember Kelly specifically coming in, but he does remember someone perusing the store during a busy day and taking photos of the action figures while laughing.

The answer to which figure had the most sales? "Fauci," Dominic told Patch without hesitation.

It is not the first time that Kelly has made news on the Upper West Side.

In February, Kelly discussed on "Real Time with Bill Maher" her decision to remove her two sons from the Collegiate School on the Upper West Side after the school's curriculum had "gone off the deep end" in its left-leaning ideology.

West Side Kids has sold toys on the Upper West Side since 1981.

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