Denver mayor tells residents to ‘keep away from journey’ for Thanksgiving – then boards flight for a household gathering moments later

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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has issued a prolonged apology after calling on metropolis residents to remain house for Thanksgiving to keep away from spreading the coronavirus, but hitched a flight out of the state lower than an hour later.

“Cross the potatoes, not Covid,” Hancock mentioned in a tweet on Wednesday morning, urging Denverites to “keep at house as a lot as you’ll be able to” and “keep away from journey” for the vacation, amongst different suggestions amid the well being disaster.

About 30 minutes after the tweet, nevertheless, Hancock boarded a airplane certain for Mississippi, the place he would spend Thanksgiving with household – instantly at odds with the recommendation disbursed from his Twitter deal with simply moments earlier – in accordance with a neighborhood NBC affiliate.

As information of his journey plans made the rounds, the mayor felt it essential to pen a mea culpa, posted within the type of 5 tweets, explaining his determination to go away the state to fulfill along with his spouse and daughter.

“I totally acknowledge that I’ve urged everybody to remain house and keep away from pointless journey,” he mentioned, including that whereas his household had cancelled a “multi-household Thanksgiving celebration,” they made another plan for a stripped down gathering which he had declined to share with the general public.

I acknowledge that my determination has disillusioned many who consider it could have been higher to spend Thanksgiving alone. As a public official, whose conduct is rightly scrutinized for the message it sends to others, I apologize to the residents of Denver who see my determination as conflicting with the steerage to remain at house for all however important journey.

The apology did little to tamp down the outrage, as netizens – together with self-avowed supporters – blasted the Democratic mayor for hypocrisy and imposing guidelines on others that he isn’t keen to observe himself.

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“So may you probably clarify WHY your journey was ‘important’ however different individuals’s is not?” one commenter requested. “Is their household by some means much less necessary than yours? Or is it merely your wealth, energy, and privilege as soon as once more sh***ing on others?”

State Consultant and fellow Democrat Kyle Mullica echoed that criticism, saying elected officers should attempt to “lead by instance” and that Hancock’s determination “impacts all of us attempting to do the appropriate factor.”

A metropolis worker additionally weighed in, noting that he was not solely “urged,” however required, to endure a two-week quarantine ought to he journey out of state, demanding to know if Hancock would do the identical when he returned to Denver. A spokesperson for the mayor has since clarified that he would certainly quarantine.

As of Wednesday, Denver has tallied almost 34,000 coronavirus infections and simply shy of 500 deaths, making it among the many worst-affected areas in Colorado. Earlier this week, Governor Jared Polis warned that town is seeing a spike in its outbreak, with one in 41 Denver residents at present carrying the virus, the very best quantity because the pandemic started. Colorado as an entire, in the meantime, has reported over 210,000 instances of the sickness and a few 2,900 deaths, because the nationwide an infection rely approaches 12.eight million, with over 261,000 fatalities.

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