Newsom's admission that infamous COVID move was 'insane' triggers viral fury: 'We all told you'

California governor Gavin Newsom faced a wave of online backlash after telling CNN’s Jake Tapper that closing beaches and keeping schools shut during the COVID-19 pandemic was “insane in hindsight.” In an interview released this month, Newsom said people were “genius in hindsight” and questioned what he would have done differently, arguing early attention was consumed by what he described as a “Purell-based crisis,” including sanitizer shortages and alleged price gouging rather than the virus itself. He said beach closures were one of several decisions he regrets, and also criticized how long large public school systems remained closed. The remarks sparked criticism from conservatives and some Californians.