Brace yourselves, conservatives: Barbra Streisand has weighed in on the latest Anthony Fauci controversy, and she is not impressed with how Republicans are treating the former White House medical adviser.
After you recover from that development, it is worth looking at what prompted her public rebuke.
Streisand argued that Republican efforts to press Dr. Anthony Fauci for answers about his role during the COVID pandemic amount to a political “witch hunt.” Posting on Bluesky, she defended Fauci as “a voice of reason” and criticized conservatives for targeting the longtime public health official.
Barbra Streisand on the vote to hold Fauci in contempt:
“Dr. Anthony Fauci has been subjected to a disgraceful witch hunt by Senate Republicans. Dr Fauci is an American hero… The GOP is attempting to rewrite the history of the pandemic.” pic.twitter.com/3bx6PRiWDd
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) August 8, 2026
Her post came after the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress.
Streisand wrote:
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been subjected to a disgraceful witch hunt by Senate Republicans. Dr Fauci is an American hero. He was instrumental during the AIDS crisis to stop disinformation and pushed to discover the vaccine to allow AIDS patients to live with the virus.
Amid the horrors of the Covid pandemic which killed one million Americans, Dr Fauci was a voice of reason and helped speed the development of the vaccine to prevent hospitalization. The GOP is attempting to rewrite the history of the pandemic.
As you might’ve guessed, the responses to Streisand were equally delusional.
“I don’t quite understand why there are people who don’t follow the science,” opined Bluesky user HowardIan328.
Darbrina chimed in with, “Rand(y) Paul is jealous of Fauci…plain and simple. Fauci is everything the Rand(y) isn’t. Fauci is a decent, educated man who has multiple degrees, accolades and achievements, and has actually benefited mankind, unlike the pathetic Paul who has only done evil.”
And Gato918 one-upped them all with this gem: “I’ve trusted Dr. Fauci since 1972, that’s when I began my medical career. I will continue trusting him forever …”
