PLEASE
PLEASE STAY HOME. STAY AT HOME. STAY HOME.
STAY AT HOME AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
PUT THOSE SOCIAL GATHERINGS ON
HOLD FOR THE TIME BEING
INCLUDING EXTRA CARE FOR
THANKSGIVING.
DENVERS MAYOR TOLD YOU TO STAY
HOME FOR THANKSGIVING THEN HE
GOT ON A FLIGHT TO GO SEE
FAMILY OUT OF STATE.
MAYOR MICHAEL HANCOCK TONIGHT
IS OFFERING AN APOLOGY BUT ALSO
AN EXCUSE SAYING IT WAS EITHER
THAT HE FLIES THERE OR HIS
FAMILY FLIES HERE IGNORING WHAT
HE TOLD COLORADOAN DO WHICH WAS
TO AVOID HOLIDAY TRAVEL.
HE FLEW OUT OF DESIRE THIS
MORNING TO SPEND THANKSGIVING
WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER AND
MISISSIPPI JUST 30 MINUTES
BEFORE BOARDING THAT FLIGHT TO
HOUSTON.
HIS ACCOUNT TWEETED PEOPLE
SHOULD AVOID TRAVELING.
HE HAS REPEATEDLY TOLD
COLORADANS TO SACRIFICE TIME
WITH FAMILY AND STAY HOME TO
HELP COMMUNITY HOSPITALS AND
BUSINESSES MAYBE GET A SMALL
TURKEY THIS YEAR AND CELEBRATE
WITH JUST THOSE YOU LIVE WITH.
MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE CAN ALL BE
TOGETHER AGAIN.
I KNOW THIS IS HARD.
I KNOW YOU HATE THIS.
I HATE THIS BUT WE ARE DOING
OUR BEST TO AVOID A COMPLETE
SHUTDOWN OF OUR ECONOMY AND AS
OUR GOVERNOR PUT IT THE OTHER
DAY, A CATASTROPHIC BREACH
OF OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
WE ARE TRYING OUR VERY BEST TO
PROTECT LIVES AND TO PROTECT
LIVELIHOODS.
THE MAYOR SAID HE CANCELED HIS
TYPICAL 50 PERSON CELEBRATION
AND PLANNED TO ZOOM WITH
EXTENDED FAMILY INSTEAD.
HE DIDN'T MENTION THE ZOOME
WOULD TAKE PLACE IN MISISSIPPI
HOURS AFTER 9NEWS REVEALED HIS
TRIP, HE ISSUED A STATEMENT
SAYING 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 I HUMBLY ASK YOU TO
FORGIVE DECISIONS THAT ARE BORN
OF MY HEART AND NOT MY HEAD.
MAYORHANCOCK OBVIOUS HIPOCRISY
WAS IMMEDIATELY SEIZED BY
COLORADANS UPSET THAT THEY WERE
SACRIFICING WHILE THE MAYOR WAS
IGNORING HIS OWN GUIDELINES.
RYAN HAARER HAS THAT I'M ASKING
I'M URGINNG I'M PLEADING WITH
EVERYONE PLEASE STAY HOME.
PLEASE ONLY GO OUT FOR
ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
THAT WAS FRIDAY.
FIVE DAYS LATER DENVERS MAYOR
SENT OUT A TWEET TO REITERATE
THAT MESSAGE AND SHORTLY AFTER
THE TWEET MICHAEL HANCOCK GOT
ON A PLANE FOR UNESSENTIAL
TRAVEL TO BE WITH HIS WIFE AND
DAUGHTER AND MISISSIPPI HIS
COMMUNITY.
LET THEM KNOW THEY WERE NOT
HAPPY ABOUT IT.
HE TOLD WE SHOULD NOT BE SEEING
OUR FAMILY AND SHOULD NOT BE
TRAVELING FOR THANKSGIVING.
AND THEN HE GOES BEHIND OUR
BACKS.
THEY LET HIM KNOW WHEN A COLFAX
RESTAURANT MARQUEES AND ON
SOCIAL MEDIA A FLOOD OF TWEETS
FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN UP
BIG LIFE EVENTS OVER THE LAST
YEAR FOR SAFETY.
OTHERS CHOOSING NOT TO SEE
FAMILY JUST DOWN THE STREET ON
THE HOLIDAY BECAUSE OF HEALTH
WARNINGS.
PEOPLE LIKE MICHAEL BOZENA
OF ERIE WHO PAYS ATTENTION TO
OFFICIALS LIKE HANCOCK IN
THE PANDEMIC WON'T SEE HIS
LARGE FAMILY LIKE LAST YEAR.
SADLY I THINK MY PARENTS ARE
STAYING AT HOME.
I'M JUST DOING THANKSGIVING
HERE WITH MY WIFE AND MY TWO
KIDS.
HE'S NOT ALONE IN HIS
FRUSTRATIONS.
EVEN HANCOX SUPPORTERS ARE
OPENLY CALLING OUT THEIR GUY
INCLUDING BEN DENVERITE WHO
SAYS HE VOTED FOR THE MAYOR AND
IT'LL BE A LOT HARDER TO TRUST
WHAT HE ADVISES TOWARDS
US SINCE HE IS TELLING US TO DO
ONE THING AND THEN DOING
THE OTHER.
THIS HIPOCRISY FROM THE MAYOR
OF COLORADO'S CAPITAL CITY HAS
LED TO NATIONAL HEADLINES.
IT'S FUEL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
DOWNPLAYED THE PANDEMIC'S
SEVERITY.
I THINK IT'S MADE IT A WHOLE
LOT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO SAY
I'M GOING TO DISREGARD THAT
ADVICE TO SAY WELL IF HE'S NOT
GOING TO DO IT EITHER IT'S NOT
THAT BIG OF A DEAL LIKE WE'RE
BEING LED TO BELIEVE.
CONGRESSWOMAN ELECT REPUBLICAN
LAUREN BOEBERT WHO REFUSES TO
WEAR A MASK AND OPENLY
DISCUSSES CONSPIRACY THEORIES
TWEETED THAT BECAUSE HANDCOCK
WENT AGAINST HIS OWN ORDERS,
RESIDENTS SHOULD STOP LISTENING
TO HIM.
THE ADVICE FROM MEDICAL EXPERTS
COMING OUT OF HANCOCK'S MOUTH
MAY NOW BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN
OF SALT.
THE MAYOR ADMITTED IN HIS
STATEMENT THAT HE MADE A
DECISION QUOTE BORED OF MY
HEART, NOT OF MY HEAD BUT HIS
ACTIONS ON THIS PANDEMIC.
THANKSGIVING MAY STICK IN
PEOPLE'S MINDS IN THE COMING
MONTHS STAY HOME, MAYBE PUT UP
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS BUT STAY AT
HOME AND DENVERITE HAARER
NBCNEWS DEMOCRATIC GOV. JARED
POLIS WHO STOOD SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER WITH FELLOW DEMOCRAT
MAYORHANCOCK TO INTRODUCE NEW
RESTRICTIONS LAST WEEK CALLING
REPEATEDLY DECLINED TODAY TO
CRITICIZE HANCOX HIPOCRISY DONE
BEFORE.
I'VE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT IT SINCE
THANKSGIVING PLANS AND WAS NOT
AWARE OF THAT.
I'LL BE COOKING ALL DAY
TOMORROW AT LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING A SMALL FAMILY GET
TOGETHER WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS
,OUR FAMILY AND OUR DOG.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE
CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR EXTENDED
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN MY PARENTS
IN NINE MONTHS AND THAT'S VERY
HARD.
THE GOVERNOR HAS CRITICIZED
OTHER COLORADANS WHO DON'T
FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS,
BAD ACTORS AND SELFISH.
THE GOVERNOR WOULD NOT ANSWER
TODAY WHEN HE WAS ASKED IF
HE'LL HAVE MAYORHANCOCK SET
ASIDE FOR FUTURE BRIEFINGS.
IT'S UNLIKELY THE MAYORHANCOCK
TO FACE ANY KIND OF NEAR-TERM
POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS
HIPOCRISY THE MAYOR IS BACKED
BY THE POWER STRUCTURE.
THE STATE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY
ALONG WITH ITS BIG MONEY
DONORS, A RECALL'S UNLIKELY AND
DEVASTATED COUNCILS.
AND HOW MUCH POWER DO OTHER