Paige Cognetti, Scranton mayor and candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, issued the following statement regarding Rep. Rob Bresnahan ahead of President Trump’s December 9 visit to Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono:

“I first ran for mayor of Scranton as an independent to root out corruption in city hall. That promise to shake up a broken and corrupt political system is also what attracted many northeastern Pennsylvanians to support President Trump. 

“Unfortunately, Congressman Rob Bresnahan has come to represent the exact kind of self-serving politician that northeastern Pennsylvanians—regardless of which party they vote for—all agree we need to get rid of. Bresnahan betrayed our community by breaking his promise to ban congressional stock trading and instead become one of the most active traders in all of Congress,” she said. He broke “his promise to protect our health care, instead voting for the largest cuts to Medicaid in history. The truth is that no matter who comes to our community to campaign for Rob Bresnahan, he won’t be able to outrun his own record of corruption and broken promises.”

“Congressman Bresnahan has put himself first,” Cognetti continued. “I’m running to put NEPA first.”

Learn more at www.paigeforpa.com.

Paige Cognetti for Congress
Scranton, PA