WILKES-BARRE — Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, who is a Democratic candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, issued a statement regarding U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Dallas Township, who appeared with President Donald Trump at Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono Tuesday evening.

“I first ran for Mayor of Scranton as an Independent to root out corruption in City Hall,” Cognetti said. “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

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