Denver mayor flies for Thanksgiving after advising people to stay home and saying he won’t travel

Mayor of Denver travels after saying others shouldn't

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock caught a flight to Houston, Texas, on Wednesday, just minutes after warning Denver residents on Twitter to “avoid travel, if you can” amid a record-breaking surge of coronavirus in Colorado.

Earlier this month, the mayor also urged city staff to stay home in an email, writing, “as the holidays approach, we all long to be with our families in person, but with the continued rise in cases, I’m urging you to refrain from travel this Thanksgiving holiday. For my family that means cancelling our traditional gathering of our extended family.”

Earlier this month, the mayor also urged city staff to stay home in an email, writing, “as the holidays approach, we all long to be with our families in person, but with the continued rise in cases, I’m urging you to refrain from travel this Thanksgiving holiday. For my family that means cancelling our traditional gathering of our extended family.”

Mr. Hancock’s decision to travel was met with swift condemnation, including from 9News itself.

“This is the last time Denver needs to hear public health guidance from Mayor Hancock,” one of their reporters tweeted.

Like much of the country, Colorado is experiencing a surge in Covid cases, and governor Jared Polis said on Tuesday that one in 41 state residents were infectious, the highest level since the pandemic started.

The Denver mayor isn’t the only Democratic leader to contradict their own public health advice recently.

California Governor Gavin Newsom caused a scandal earlier this month when he visited French Laundry, a luxury restaurant in Northern California’s wine country, to attend an outdoor birthday dinner for a longtime friend and political adviser, alongside top representatives from the California Medical Association.

He later apologized and said it was “bad mistake,” and that he needed “to preach and practice, not just preach” Covid safety.

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