WATCH: South Carolina's Governor says, “Lockdowns were a mistake,” and called mandates “foolish,” asserting that they won't happen again

South Carolina's Governor says, "lockdowns were a mistake" and that "the opinions presented from official sources were in error and caused damage," adding, "I can assure you that we are not going to have mandates requiring masks, we're not going to close down schools, we’re not going to do a lot of foolish things that were done in other states that we limited to a great degree here in South Carolina.”