Lawmakers tweet support for barber who operated amid virus

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Two Republican U.S. Senate candidates are tweeting their support for a Kansas barber who ran afoul of the law for operating his shop during the pandemic. 

Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle and U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall weighed in after Luke Aichele, a barber at Luke's Barber Shop in McPherson, wrote about his troubles Friday on Facebook. Wagle wrote that an arrest warrant was issued for Aichele; Marshall wrote the barber was threatened with one. 

The Wichita Eagle reported that police could not be immediately reached for comment on the discrepancy.