PA-08: Cognetti (D), Bresnahan (R) Trade Barbs As PA-08 Contest Heats Up
The election for the 8th Congressional District seat in northeastern Pennsylvania is still over 13 months away but the contestants are getting a running start.
Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti appeared on MSNBC on Tuesday evening to highlight her record in the city of getting government to work for the people, how she is running to clean up corruption in Washington and criticizing current office-holder Rep. Rob Bresnahan for breaking his campaign promise to ban congressional stock trading.
Bresnahan fired back, lashing out at Cognetti for leaving Scranton when there are two area hospitals on the verge of closing and traveling to D.C. to “hype her vanity campaign for higher office.”
The congressman was referring to the financial difficulties for Regional Hospital of Scranton and Moses Taylor Hospital. In August, Commonwealth Health System and Tenor Health Foundation signed a letter of intent for Tenor to purchase both hospitals, according to an internal memo obtained by WVIA News.
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