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26th Nov 2020

US mayor ignores his own advice and travels for Thanksgiving

Wil Jones

“I recognize that my decision has disappointed many who believe it would have been better to spend Thanksgiving alone”

The mayor of Denver, Colorado, has apologised for not following his own Thanksgiving travel advice.

Democrat Michael Hancock told people to stay home and host “virtual gatherings” over the holiday. It then however emerged that Hancock had travelled to Mississippi to spend Thanksgiving with his wife and daughter.

The mayor said that as his daughter had recently started working in Mississipi, it was safer for him to gothere, than have the two of them travel to Colorado.

“I recognize that my decision has disappointed many who believe it would have been better to spend Thanksgiving alone,” Hancock said in a series of tweets.

“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 decision as conflicting with the guidance to stay at home for all but essential travel.”

“I made my decision as a husband and father, and for those who are angry and disappointed, I humbly ask you to forgive decisions that are borne of my heart and not my head.”