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Denverâs mayor flies to Mississippi to spend Thanksgiving with his family â after urging others to stay home. He later says he was thinking with âmy heart and not my head.â A Pennsylvania mayor bans indoor dining, then eats at a restaurant in Maryland. The governor of Rhode Island is photographed at an indoor wine event as her state faces the nationâs second-highest virus rate.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock flew to Mississippi to spend Thanksgiving with his family after urging others to stay home. AP Photo/David Zalubowski
While people weigh whether itâs safe to go to work or the grocery store, the mayor of Austin, Texas, heads to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on a private jet after hosting a wedding for 20. Californiaâs governor dines at a swanky French restaurant with lobbyists, none wearing masks, a day after San Franciscoâs mayor was there for a birthday party. Both had recently imposed tough rules on visiting re
Sure, politicians have long been called out for hypocrisy. But during a pandemic that’s forced millions into seclusion and left many without paychecks, such actions can feel like a personal insult reinforcing the idea “that some people just don’t have to follow the rules while the rest of us do,” says Rita Kirk, a professor of communications at Southern Methodist University.
And that, in turn, hints at even deeper questions.
In a monarchy, a king or queen is special, born to the role, cast as above the rest. In a dictatorship, the ruler often takes more spoils than the ruled. But in a democratic society, where leaders are drawn from among the very people who must abide by their decisions, what happens when those in charge act in ways that suggest they re above those who are not?
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