Sen. Roger Marshall stiffed a Kansas bakery for cookies made for his campaign by refusing to pay a nearly $700 invoice. The owner of the Hutchinson, Kansas bakery said she tried for almost a YEAR to collect from the wealthy Senator. Marshall's net worth is estimated at $7.2 million.
Millionaire Sen. Marshall Stiffs Holly's Sweet Tweets for Nearly $700
Raw Story reported that Holly Thomas of Holly's Sweet Treats in Hutchinson, Kansas, shared her story on Facebook on October 8, including pictures of an unpaid bill for $678.75.
"Do you know why I will never vote for Roger Marshall? Because 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. And I never got paid.
For nearly a year, I made repeated attempts to collect payment, reaching out by phone and email. I never received a return phone call, and the invoice was never paid."
In her post, Thomas explained that Marshall placed the cookie order during the pandemic, when her bakery struggled and "every single dollar mattered." The small bakery owner finished her Facebook post:
"Those cookies and treats cost money to make, employees' time to prepare, and resources that my little business couldn't afford to give away. Six years later, I haven't forgotten. This isn't about political parties or policy disagreements. It's about my personal experience as a small business owner and the importance of honoring financial commitments. That experience is why Roger Marshall will never get my vote."
Dang.
Maybe Holly should charge Sen. Marshall 18% interest? That's the interest rate the good doctor charged his patients when they owed him money.
Rules for Thee, Not for Me
The bill Marshall stiffed Holly's Sweet Treats with was bigger than the debts the Senator had his patients sued, arrested, and jailed for, some as low as $114.49.
Roger Marshall believes the rules are for the little people; they don't apply to him. The always-stellar Aaron Ruper's Substack Public Notice published a take on the Kansas Republican Senator earlier this week that summed up Marshall's campaign.
Public Notice writer Noah Berlatsky says Republicans like Marshall share a common view. He wrote:
"Marshall, Ken Paxton, and Donald Trump feel entitled to their seats. As the Republican Party becomes more and more authoritarian, its contempt for democracy and for its own voters becomes increasingly blatant. Marshall is genuinely outraged that the media, the Democrats, or average Kansans would dare to question his predatory treatment of his patients. Don't they know who he is?"
