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Gavin Newsom fishes for COVID redemption and comes up empty

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Six years late and a dollar short.

Now Gavin Newsom tells us he was wrong in 2020 about COVID –– even as the rest of us knew his double-standard-laden policies were cockamamie at the time.

The governor dove into damage control this week at his California ranch, where he staged a “conversation” while fly fishing with CNN’s Jake Tapper.

“The idea that we closed beaches was insane in hindsight,” faux-mused Newsom, as he stood in water wearing long pants but apparently no waders.

“Obviously, the schools taking too long,” the gov added. “A lot of districts were open, but the big ones weren’t. LA refused, and I regret that.”

Does anyone really believe Gavin Newsom regrets not bucking the teachers unions? (The California Teachers Association gave $1.8 million to the gov’s 2021 anti-recall campaign alone.)

This “regret” is shameless political expediency from Gov. Newsom, not a genuine show of remorse. 

It’s also evidence of just how bad the governor’s judgment can be.

To review: Saner governors said at the time that overreaches like Newsom’s –– prolonged stay-at-home orders; bans on church attendance and outdoor recreation; lengthy school shutdowns –– were insane. 

But Newsom in March 2020 had issued the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order, imposing widespread controls on people’s movements and everyday life.

And he was loathe to give it up.

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