Denver Mayor Michael Hancock asked people to avoid traveling for Thanksgiving. And then hopped a flight to Mississippi to spend the holiday with his wife and daughter. The hypocrisy — first reported by 9News — amounts to an unforced error on the mayor’s part and one that risks delegitimizing pleas from public health officials to try to stop the spread of the surging coronavirus, experts and officials agree. Hancock later issued an apology: “I recognize that my decision has disappointed many who believe it would have been better to spend Thanksgiving alone.