Posted on 08/31/2020 6:55:11 PM PDT by Phillyred
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is apologizing after a photo showed him dining indoors at a restaurant in Maryland even as indoor dining in his city remains banned.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced some city businesses to close and others struggling to stay afloat with outdoor dining.
The mayor's office confirmed that he went to a friend's restaurant on Sunday. The photo went viral by Sunday night.
Kenney issued the apology in pair of tweets posted Monday afternoon.
"I felt the risk was low because the county I visited has had fewer than 800 COVID-19 cases, compared to over 33,000 cases in Philadelphia," Kenney tweeted. "Regardless, I understand the frustration."
"I'm sorry if my decision hurt those who've worked to keep their businesses going under difficult circumstances," he continued.
Sorry, not sorry.
GMTA
An apology does nothing for the restaurants forced out of business by your insanity. FU clown.
Rules for thee, not me.
“I felt the risk was low because the county I visited has had fewer than 800 COVID-19 cases, compared to over 33,000 cases in Philadelphia”
So, he chose to rely on his own judgment, rather than follow the dictates of an oppressive central authority? What a novel idea!
He didn’t resign?
/s
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Picture taker: “First I saw somebody else who looked like you, Mayor, but he wasn’t nearly ugly enough. Then I saw you and knew it was really you. Oh, and I love the blue Wal-Mart clearance rack shirt. Almost fits you.”
Would have been funnier if he had been meeting Gretchen Whitmer during one of her notorious lockdowns, for an illicit affair ending in a Motel 6 after he picked up the tab for a discount special lunch.
Typical prog.
No rules apply, everything is somebody’s else’s fault, demands everyone believes their excuses.
Trash.
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Kenney IS THE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCE for the restaurant owners!!!!
He didn’t apologize for doing it. He apologized for getting caught doing it.
NO MASK EITHER.
I feel the risk is low too. Can I eat without a mask in any restaurant I feel is low risk?
Another leftist hypocrite. It’s an epiDEMic.
Is that dancing Jim of I’m a sanctuary city fame?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JXbl1Snpi4o
They’re all like this, aren’t they, whether it’s Britain’s Neil Ferguson or Ireland’s Phil Hogan or whoever is the next to get busted.
The little people need to obey, but their “betters” are entitled to do whatever they want.
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