Really disappointed with these Democrats, like Denver's mayor...

[Drunken Irishman]

Telling people to do one thing and then turning around and doing the exact thing they told their constituents not to do. The Mayor of Denver is particularly egregious after telling the people of his community not to travel this holiday season and then getting on a plane to travel to Mississippi to spend Thanksgiving with his family.

What kind of bullshit is that? Just horrible optics that plays right into the Republicans' hands that Democrats want to lock everyone in but they'll still make exceptions for themselves. You either support urging people not to travel, or host larger family events, and you do so by leading by example, or you don't support any of that. It's that simple.

Jesus why are these politicians so bad at this?

[Demonaut]

1. He's done a great job until now, he's destroyed his legacy

idiot

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Yup. Just baffling he felt he could get away with this.

[The Roux Comes First]

3. The Entitled Class

see Governor, California

[Drunken Irishman]

4. I really thought Newsom was smarter than that tbh

I was wrong. Frankly, he probably kissed any chance of a national run for office goodbye - if he had plans to in the first place. Hell, if he was hoping for a senate run when Feinstein retires, he likely killed those chances too.

[AlexSFCA]

10. Newsom really disappointed a lot of people

he probably invited dem primary challenge for his reelection too. He is human, I get it. But somehow I think the takeaway message for him was to be more careful next time. He didn’t think he was gonna get exposed like that.

[Zeus69]

5. Idiots

They deserve the backlash and fall out.

[Celerity]

6. Denver's mayor urged residents to avoid Thanksgiving travel. Then he flew crosscountry to see family

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/26/denver-mayor-hancock-thanksgiving-covid/



On Wednesday morning, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock urged residents to stay home and meet family online for Thanksgiving to help curtail the spread of the coronavirus. “Pass the potatoes, not covid. Host virtual gatherings instead of in-person dinners,” the Democrat tweeted. “Avoid travel, if you can.”

Link to tweet

Then, less than an hour later, Hancock boarded a flight on his way to Mississippi for Thanksgiving with his wife and daughter, his spokesman Mike Strott confirmed to The Washington Post.

The move left critics blasting Hancock for appearing to ignore his own advice at a time when the coronavirus continues to rise precipitously in Colorado.

“Our Mayor has abandoned his city during one of the most critical times we needed leadership the most,” tweeted Tay Anderson, a Denver Board of Education member.

Link to tweet

snip

[cwydro]

24. So disappointing.

Smh.

[Ace Rothstein]

7. This is why nobody is taking COVID seriously at this point.

[grantcart]

8. Agree Gillum was another.

My tagline is

Hubris goes before the fall

Humility goes before the victory


It may take a little time but is unfailingly accurate.

Obama, Biden and Trump all prove the rule.

[Hortensis]

9. One glance right will add big perspective.

NYT: "Supreme Court blocks NY from enforcing Covid limits on churches"

Big gold star for you if you immediately find the outrageously dishonest, bald-faced lies and phony comparisons in Gorsuch's supposed "justification":

“It is time — past time — to make plain that, while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues and mosques,” Justice Gorsuch wrote.

Our cat has a far better intellectual basis for stealing food from the counter, or at least an incredibly more honest one.

This blatant disregard for facts and principles is shockingly typical of people so ideologically and politically extreme that even a Supreme Court justice one who's been on the bench for years feels no need to justify his decision honestly. Minds shuttered against it.

[Humanist_Activist]

11. Local politicians, almost to a person, are assholes regardless of party affiliation.

Mayor Krewson in St. Louis doxxed BLM activists, including children. Most of them, at best, play lip service to police reforms, while working to undermine civil rights activists at every turn. Just being a Democrat doesn't mean you are a decent person, look at what Gavin Newsom is doing evicting families from state owned houses on fucking Thanksgiving of all days.

[Hortensis]

12. NYT: "Trump administration is trying to bring back firing squads and electrocutions"

[Hortensis]

13. Propublica: "Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections" nt

[EllieBC]

14. Politicians acting like politicians is nothing new.

Regardless of party it’s always do as I say not as I do.

[Hortensis]

15. Economist: "The Republican Party has lurched towards populism and illiberalism

Its rhetoric now reseembles that of Europe’s most extreme parties

Vox: The American right’s favorite strongman
Viktor Orbán dismantled Hungary’s democracy. Conservatives love him.

Not saying we shouldn't be disappointed when our mayors fall short of always modeling proper behaviors for their cities, just commenting on some of the things skipped over to find these disappointing Democrats. Like that half the nation is heading full-fascist, and fast.

I don't know if this major's crime is real, I'm not researching this one. But fwiw, California's governor did not break his own laws when dining at The Laundry. The room met CA state criteria for eating outdoors. Oh, but: the price per person was reportedly $450, not $350. Sure, worthy of disappointment when so many are hungry, even if not exactly in a league with the crimes of those who created this pandemic holocaust and block aid (of course).

And speaking of hunger:
NYT: Trump Administration Unveils More Cuts to Food Stamp Program
WaPo: Trump’s GOP is looking to deeply cut food stamps — hitting his voters hard

and

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. they think "laws are for thee, not me". kind of caste system.

[SunSeeker]

17. Imperfect human politicians being imperfect humans. Go figure.

[dsc]

18. It is honestly baffling

I mean of course one would know it is going to be found out. I ate dinner at home today, by myself, because I didn't want to risk bringing problems back to school. If I found out that the school super intendent and all the admins at my school flew hither and yon for Thanksgiving I would be rather pissed. Add in that unlike the mayor at least they aren't saying we shouldn't travel and the irritation would be exponentially higher for this scenario.

[BainsBane]

19. I'd be furious

If I lived in Denver. People have completely changed or abandoned holiday plans because of orders from around the country. If I found out our governor had violated the restrictions he imposed, I'd called for impeachment. None of this is easy on people, and if they are going to make restrictions, they better damn well follow them.

[Mr.Bill]

20. Often the problem with any politician

is they have been one for too long and get used to the privileged life. That's one of the things I like about Biden. I think all those years of commuting by train grounded him in reality.

[bringthePaine]

21. yeah, um, "politician" duh...

[CloudWatcher]

22. First rule of politics ...

Anyone who actually wants the job should be disqualified as insane. Well, at least for higher-office.

The group of people who think they are the best choice for a public office are often the worst choice.

A lot of self-serving egomaniacs. We need a draft or some other way of getting actually decent people
to run for office.

Of course, there are exceptions, but they are exceptions and not the common case.

[Xanthera]

23. Disgusted, but not particularly surprised

I live in Denver, I've never approved of the job he's done. We passed multiple ballot measures that cut mayoral authority and gave it to city council, and most of those measures exist specifically because of Hancock. Between the homeless camp sweeps, radio silence on DPD's violent anti-protest tactics, and vetoing a popular citywide vote to overturn the pit bull ban, he was already one of my least favorite DINOs, but this blows everything else he's done out of the water. Despicable.

But on the upside, we now have a legitimate reason to call for his resignation.