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Black Denver mayor makes Thanksgiving travel plans, ignoring his own COVID policies
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Nov 27, 2020, 1:52:10 PM11/27/20
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Despite his own warnings about traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday,
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock reportedly boarded a plane to Houston
Wednesday, as the Colorado capital sees a record spike in coronavirus
cases.
Hancock first boarded a flight to Houston before heading to Mississippi to
meet his wife and visit their daughter, according to local reporting by
NBC 9 News.
DENVER ORDERS NEW MASK MANDATE AMID SPIKING CASES
Minutes before his flight, he posted a message on Twitter warning people
to “Pass the potatoes, not COVID,” and advised them to “Host virtual
gatherings instead of in-person dinners” and “Avoid travel, if you can.”
The mayor’s office could not be immediately reached for comment on his
travel plans, but in a statement to the local media outlet, a spokesperson
said, “As he has shared, the mayor is not hosting his traditional large
family dinner this year, but instead traveling alone to join his wife and
daughter where the three of them will celebrate Thanksgiving at her
residence instead of having them travel back to Denver.”
“Upon return, he will follow all necessary health and safety guidance and
quarantine."
LITTLE EVIDENCE HERD IMMUNITY STOPPING CORONAVIRUS SPREAD IN THIS COUNTRY,
OFFICIAL SAYS
But in an email sent out earlier this month, the mayor reportedly
encouraged his staff not to travel and anyone who does will need to
quarantine for 14 days if they leave the state – though they will be
required to use their own paid leave if their position does not allow them
to work from home.
“[A]s 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,” Hancock wrote in an email obtained
by 9News. “For my family that means canceling our traditional gathering of
our extended family.”
Denver has seen one of the highest number of cases in Colorado, with
nearly 34,000 people having contracted the virus and just over 500 deaths
since the pandemic started, according to data by Johns Hopkins University.
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told reporters Wednesday that he had not spoken
with the mayor about his Thanksgiving plans, but said he and his family
had cancelled their usual large party plans in an effort to "set example
as governor."
Polis said he hadn't seen his parents in nine months due to the pandemic.
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"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
plans-ignoring-his-own-covid-policies
Despite his own warnings about traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday,
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock reportedly boarded a plane to Houston
Wednesday, as the Colorado capital sees a record spike in coronavirus
cases.
Hancock first boarded a flight to Houston before heading to Mississippi to
meet his wife and visit their daughter, according to local reporting by
NBC 9 News.
DENVER ORDERS NEW MASK MANDATE AMID SPIKING CASES
Minutes before his flight, he posted a message on Twitter warning people
to “Pass the potatoes, not COVID,” and advised them to “Host virtual
gatherings instead of in-person dinners” and “Avoid travel, if you can.”
The mayor’s office could not be immediately reached for comment on his
travel plans, but in a statement to the local media outlet, a spokesperson
said, “As he has shared, the mayor is not hosting his traditional large
family dinner this year, but instead traveling alone to join his wife and
daughter where the three of them will celebrate Thanksgiving at her
residence instead of having them travel back to Denver.”
“Upon return, he will follow all necessary health and safety guidance and
quarantine."
LITTLE EVIDENCE HERD IMMUNITY STOPPING CORONAVIRUS SPREAD IN THIS COUNTRY,
OFFICIAL SAYS
But in an email sent out earlier this month, the mayor reportedly
encouraged his staff not to travel and anyone who does will need to
quarantine for 14 days if they leave the state – though they will be
required to use their own paid leave if their position does not allow them
to work from home.
“[A]s 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,” Hancock wrote in an email obtained
by 9News. “For my family that means canceling our traditional gathering of
our extended family.”
Denver has seen one of the highest number of cases in Colorado, with
nearly 34,000 people having contracted the virus and just over 500 deaths
since the pandemic started, according to data by Johns Hopkins University.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told reporters Wednesday that he had not spoken
with the mayor about his Thanksgiving plans, but said he and his family
had cancelled their usual large party plans in an effort to "set example
as governor."
Polis said he hadn't seen his parents in nine months due to the pandemic.
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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