Mayor apologizes for going to Mexico while urging residents to stay home
The mayor of Austin, Texas, has apologized for traveling to Mexico during the pandemic.
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Responding to a story first reported Wednesday in The Austin American-Statesman, the mayor, Steve Adler, admitted he traveled in early November to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico — and while abroad, he even recorded a message urging Austinites to stay home to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

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In a video posted online Wednesday, Adler said, “I need to set a clearer example so that my message is unambiguous, and for the failure to do that I sincerely apologize.”
In the message, Adler said that his daughter, “like many other brides,” had to cancel her wedding plans because of public health rules, and “instead she had a small, mostly family, very private wedding.”
“Most importantly, she was happy,” Adler said. “Afterwards, a small, mostly family group traveled to Mexico.”
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