Gov. Newsom Confesses He Got it Wrong on the Covid Thing. Blames Politics

(Jeff Childers - Coffee and Covid) https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/chilling-effects-tuesday-september

In a Meet The Press interview with Chuck Todd, Governor Newsom expanded on his poor pandemic response and “humbly” said that he’d learned a lot of lessons and, in hindsight, “would have done everything different.” Newsom doesn’t blame himself, he blames partisanship: “I think science took a big hit,” the coiffed Governor explained. “It should be alarming to all of us that all of sudden it became partisan.”

Nobody got it right! “Even Florida’s Ron DeSantis” closed the beaches, Newsom explained, suggesting Florida and California handled the pandemic about the same.

But even more politically fascinating, the California governor announced he’s assembled a DeSantis-style “international panel of experts,” including “ones who disagreed with our approach,” and will soon be publishing a non-partisan report “with our own lessons learned,” offering suggestions for the next pandemic.

“What is something you would have done different?” asked Todd.

“We would have done everything different,” Newsom calmly replied.

How about that? I’ll make a rare prediction. This interview is Newsom’s unofficial announcement he is running for president. They’re trying to fix what appears to be his biggest weakness: California’s disastrous pandemic policies. The tell was Newsom’s repeated invocation of non-partisanship and his excellent upcoming book report, which Establishment Media can triumph as an example of great leadership.

Governor Newsom is lining up to be the “people’s governor.” I say, good luck to him! He’s going to need it.

(Jeff Childers - Coffee and Covid) https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/chilling-effects-tuesday-september