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A 23-Year-Old Mayor Tried Trump’s Stolen Election Playbook. Only It Worked.

BABY-FACED KILLER

“I’ve... seldom seen a political takeover that was this sleazy, and yet this well-orchestrated,” one local columnist wrote.

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A small Kansas town is reeling after a baby-faced 23-year-old manipulated procedural technicalities to reinstall himself as mayor in one night, seemingly taking a page from the playbook used by former President Donald Trump after he was voted out of office.

Only, this time, it worked.

“People have said this reminds them...

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