Barbra Streisand blames Trump's 'incompetence and lies' for 20,000 coronavirus deaths: 'He's unfit to lead'
Claiming that President Donald Trump was "unfit" to lead the country at the time of a public health crisis, legendary singer Barbra Streisand held the POTUS directly responsible for the more than 20,000 deaths in the United States due to the novel coronavirus.
The 'Woman In Love' songstress called the commander-in-chief an incompetent and a liar in a tweet on April 12. "I wrote a song called 'Don’t Lie to Me' after Trump was elected, because he was a serial liar. Now, with more than 20,000 people dead because of his incompetence and lies, he's proven that he can’t handle the truth. He’s unfit to lead this nation...especially in a time of crisis" she wrote.
Streisand, who famously endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016, composed and sang the song 'Walls' in the album she talked about, which accused the President of being incapable of telling the truth. The singer had been an avid liberal who has frequently attacked Trump on social media.
There are currently over 560,000 cases of COVID-19 reported in the US, with 22,858 deaths. Trump has made several controversial administrative choices while handling the spread of the virus such as refraining from announcing a nationwide lockdown and shrugging off responsibility for making tests available in all the states.
Mainstream journalists have also debated over whether they should be airing his daily press conferences live as he often had the knack of turning the briefings into his own personal political rallies.
She made headlines last year in October when she posted an animated photo of a miniature version of Trump being impaled by the heel of a shoe with the word “Pelosi” emblazoned on it as blood flowed down. The tweet was posted in response to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Democratic leaders staging a walkout of a White House meeting after a House resolution passed with a 354-60 margin, denouncing Trump's decision not to order the US military to engage against the Turkish after their attack on the Kurds in Syria.
Streisand also criticized Trump for being a non-believer of climate change. She demanded last year in July that "climate deniers" be voted out "starting with Trump".
"Last week it was 114 in Paris and Guadalajara was buried in 3 feet of ice from a hailstorm. Climate change is here now and it is time for voters to remove the climate deniers from office. Starting with Trump," she tweeted, linking a Washington Post article on the hail storm that left the Mexican city of Guadalajara under several feet of snow.
She, along with a host of Hollywood celebrities have started rallying behind potential Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden, with the hopes that he will be able to dethrone Trump in the November elections.
Last month the singer voiced her unhesitant support for the former Vice President urging other Democrats to do the same.
"I wholeheartedly endorse Joe Biden for President. Trump must be beaten in November before he does more damage to our democracy, environment, for our health and safety and standing in the world," she tweeted.