A Republican senator from Kansas says he’s settled a long-standing debt with a bakery whose complaint against him went viral amid his reelection bid. Sen. Roger Marshall took to social media on Sunday to say he had apologized and doubly repaid the $678.75 bill from Holly’s Sweet Treats for cookies, cupcakes and brownies purchased for his 2020 election watch party, per the Hill. Three days earlier, shop owner Holly Thomas had publicly flagged the six-year-old debt, claiming she “made repeated attempts to collect payment” over the course of a year as her small business struggled amid the pandemic. “That experience
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