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Holly Thomas, owner of Holly's Sweet Treats in Hutchinson, Kansas, revealed on Facebook that Senator Roger Marshall’s campaign did not pay her bakery $678.75 for custom cookies and treats ordered six years ago. After she exposed this on social media, Marshall paid the invoice plus an additional amount totaling $1,300 two days later. The incident has drawn criticism from local voters who are reconsidering their support for Marshall's re-election bid due to his failure to settle a small business debt promptly and transparently.
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Roger Marshall, a Kansas senator running for re-election, finally paid $1,300 to Holly's Sweet Treats in Hutchinson, Kansas, six years after the bakery provided custom cookies and brownies for his campaign event. The original bill was $678.75 for 150 custom sugar cookies with Marshall’s logo, 100 cupcakes, and 100 brownies. Holly Thomas, the owner of the bakery, publicly criticized Marshall on Facebook last Thursday for not paying this invoice over the years, highlighting her struggles as a new business during the COVID pandemic. Local residents supported Thomas's stance, expressing that it influenced their opinions about voting for Marshall’s re-election. Two days after the incident went public, Senator Marshall posted proof of payment to his office.
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A Kansas Senator running for re-election has finally paid a small bakery back for the cookies and brownies she made for his campaign watch party six years ago.
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she → run → party
Holly Thomas, owner of Holly's Sweet Treats in Hutchinson, Kansas, took to her Facebook page last Thursday to share why she will never vote for Roger Marshall's re-election for Senate.
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she → take → Senate
She revealed that Marshall's team asked for 150 custom sugar cookies with Marshall's campaign logo drawn on them, 100 cupcakes, and 100 brownies for his primary election watch party.
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team → reveal → party
The bill came to $678.75, but she revealed Marshall allegedly never paid the bakery.
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Marshall → come → bakery
The baker wrote online: 'Six years ago, when I was a brand-new small business owner, his campaign ordered cookies and treats from my bakery for his primary election watch party.
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campaign → write → party
And I never got paid.'
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I → pay → ?
She continued: 'For nearly a year, I made repeated attempts to collect payment, reaching out by phone and email.
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I → continue → phone
I never received a return phone call, and the invoice was never paid.
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invoice → receive → call
'Not only was I just starting out, but we were also in the middle of COVID, when small businesses everywhere were struggling just to keep their doors open.
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businesses → start → doors
'Every single dollar mattered.
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dollar → matter → ?
Those cookies and treats cost money to make, employees' time to prepare, and resources that my little business couldn't afford to give away,' Thomas wrote.
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Thomas → cost → that
Senator Roger Marshall was called out by a bakery owner in Hutchinson, Kansas after he failed to pay for the cupcakes, brownies and cookies he bought for his primary election watch party
Roger Marshall failed to pay the small Hutchison bakery which provided his primary election watch party with cookies, brownies and cupcakes
Thomas voiced her disapproval of Marshall's senate re-election, citing a time he failed to pay her business back for the baked goods it provided for his primary election watch party six years ago
Locals showed their support for Thomas, and expressed that hearing about his failure to pay her back affected their feelings about his re-election.
Two days later, Senator Marshall posted proof that he had now paid the invoice - as soon as the issue reached his office this week.
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issue → call → office
'We have absolutely no idea how this happened, but rest assured as soon as it became known to us, we immediately attempted to contact the business in order to apologize, and we have repaid the bill from 2020, double,' Marshall wrote on X.
The invoice attached showed that he paid $1,300, which is $57.5 short of double the initial amount owed of $678.75, according to invoices provided by both Thomas and Marshall.
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which → have → Thomas
Earlier this year, The New York Times released a report detailing how Marshall sued 700 of his patients for their debts during his time as an OBGYN.
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Marshall → release → OBGYN
Eighty-one of the patients he sued went to jail.
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he → sue → jail
According to The NYT, one of the women Marshall sued was a mother who couldn't afford to pay for her $129 postpartum visit.
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who → accord → visit
Holly Thomas posted an invoice of the amount Roger Marshall owed her and never paid back for the treats her bakery supplied for his primary election watch party back in 2020
Thomas confirmed that Marshall paid his invoice in a follow-up Facebook post yesterday.
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Marshall → post → post
She wrote: 'Better late than never, right?
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She → write → ?
Six years later, I guess we can finally mark that invoice PAID!'
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we → guess → invoice
The Daily Mail reached out to Holly Thomas for further comment.
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