Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom generated fierce online backlash after admitting the state’s decision to close beaches amid the COVID-19 pandemic was “insane in hindsight” during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper released this month.

“Look, everyone’s a genius in hindsight, so, you know, coulda, woulda,” Newsom told Tapper while fly fishing in a Montana river.

When asked what he would have done differently, Newsom said people initially treated the pandemic like a “Purell-based crisis,” spending too much time on hand sanitizer shortages and price gouging instead of the virus.

He added the beach closures are one of several decisions he…

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