Milwaukee Company Unveils Sanders Inauguration Day Bobblehead

MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WI—The bobblehead commemorates today’s viral moment of Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) who was pictured watching the Inauguration ceremony to swear in Joe Biden as the nation’s 46th President.

There were many beautiful and poignant sights and sounds of President Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. There was Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman, Black and South Asian vice president. The elegance of inaugural poet Amanda Gorman's words and the jaw dropping Dove broach on Lady Gaga.

One sight that had the internet talking was Sanders bundled up in a heavy jacket with cozy mittens.

The bobblehead features Sanders with his face mask, mittens and winter coat sitting in a folding chair on the white podium base.

The bobbleheads are only available through the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum’s Political bobbleheads were some of the earliest bobbleheads available for purchase starting in 1960. John F. Kennedy was the first politician captured in bobblehead form and bobbleheads of presidents, candidates, and other political figures have remained popular ever since.

This is the second bobblehead featuring Bernie Sanders produced by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum. A Bernie Sanders for President bobblehead was released in 2016 and is now sold out. The newest bobblehead of Sanders follows a string of recent bobbleheads commemorating viral moments, with the most recent being the Mike Pence Fly Bobblehead, which was released the day after the viral moment from the Vice President debate on October 7, 2020.

Last year, the Hall of Fame and Museum released the first bobblehead of Dr. Anthony Fauci, which became the Hall of Fame and Museum’s best-selling bobblehead within a week of being released. That was followed by bobbleheads of Dr. Deborah Birx, 12 Governors, Dr. Amy Acton, two Interpreters, and 35 different Essential Hero professions.

Those bobbleheads have raised over $300,000 and counting for the to get PPE to the nation’s healthcare workers. Other viral bobbleheads include In addition to the Bernie Sanders Bobblehead, the Museum will be releasing several bobbleheads commemorating the new administration over the next several weeks.

These bobbleheads are available for pre-order now and feature a Joe Biden and Kamala Harris dual bobblehead, a Joe Biden White House base bobblehead, the first bobblehead of Dr. Jill Biden, and bobbleheads of the Biden family’s dogs, Champ and Major.

"As soon as one of our employees alerted us to the viral pictures of Bernie, we checked out Twitter and knew we had to get to work,” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said. “We think this will be another fun bobblehead to put a smile on people’s faces!”

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, which is located at 170 S. 1st St. in Milwaukee, opened to the public on February 1st, 2019. Visit online and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.