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Kansas City’s Mayor Takes a Dig at Cincinnati After Its Mayor Trolled the Chiefs

Hardly anything beats the playoff banter exchanged between Chiefs and Bengals fans. As the two teams prepare to battle in the AFC championship game on Sunday, the cities’ mayors have joined the conversation as their respective teams seek to earn a spot in Super Bowl LVII.

Earlier Friday, Cincinnati governor Aftab Pureval trolled Kansas City in an official proclamation, saying the city was "named after its neighboring state — which is... kind of weird" and that the Bengals were headed to “Burrowhead Stadium” for their second consecutive AFC title game.

Later Friday evening, Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas responded to Pureval’s proclamation, saying “KC’s got class.