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AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsNov 26, 2020 at 7:03 pmThis looks like a Miss-step.The mayor of Denver, Michael Hancock, headed to Mississippi on Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with his family after urging his constituents to avoid holiday travel and to opt for virtual traditions over in-person meals.AdvertisementThe mayor of the Colorado capital apologized after reports of his Turkey Day travels emerged.“I recognize that my decision has disappointed many who believe it would have been better to spend Thanksgiving alone,” Hancock, 51, said in a statement. “As a public official, whose conduct is rightly scrutinized for the message it sends to others, I apologize to the residents of Denver.”AdvertisementHe added in the statement that he made his decision as a family man, and he requested forgiveness for choices “borne of my heart and not my head.”He said his wife and daughter were in Mississippi, and his daughter recently took a job there.KUSA-TV that Hancock, 51, hopped on a Wednesday flight to Houston that took off shortly after the mayor tweeted that people should steer clear of nonessential travel.“Avoid travel, if you can,” Hancock, a Democrat, said in a tweet at 8:43 a.m. local time. “Order your holiday meal from a local eatery.” Advertisement

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsNov 26, 2020 at 7:03 pmThis looks like a Miss-step.The mayor of Denver, Michael Hancock, headed to Mississippi on Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with his family after urging his constituents to avoid holiday travel and to opt for virtual traditions over in-person meals.AdvertisementThe mayor of the Colorado capital apologized after reports of his Turkey Day travels emerged.“I recognize that my decision has disappointed many who believe it would have been better to spend Thanksgiving alone,” Hancock, 51, said in a statement. “As a public official, whose...

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