FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 28, 2026 Contact: Matthew Beynon – mbeynon@brabendercox.com ***PRESS RELEASE*** Garrity Comments On Tragic Lancaster County Deaths And Responds To Josh Shapiro’s Political Theater HARRISBURG, PA – State Treasurer and Republican nominee for Governor Stacy Garrity (R-PA) issued the following statement in response to Governor Josh Shapiro’s (D-PA) proposed public-health mandates and his irresponsible press conference following tragic deaths in Lancaster County. Stacy Garrity said: “Josh Shapiro recently proposed public health mandates that would make draconian COVID-era restrictions blush. Among other measures, his proposed regulatory scheme would allow his Department of Health henchmen to conduct warrantless searches of private property, access patients’ confidential medical records, and require schools to give those officials one-on-one, private access to students.” Shapiro took his irresponsible behavior to the next level on Tuesday when he prematurely held a press conference claiming that two deaths in Lancaster County were as a result of a measles outbreak. However, as reported by LNP , Shapiro’s press conference took the Lancaster County coroner by “surprise” because as of Thursday the coroner’s office still had zero measles deaths. “Earlier this week, he demonstrated just how dangerous his proposed mandates could be when he held a highly staged partisan press conference in Lancaster County to discuss the deaths of two Pennsylvanians, but became dismissive when questioned about the actual facts. Today, there are still more questions than answers, largely because Josh Shapiro refuses to share the relevant information – proving once again that he is the least transparent governor in modern Pennsylvania history. Lost amid Josh Shapiro’s political theater is the tragedy of two deaths, including that of a newborn who never had a chance to experience life. My heart aches for the families and friends mourning the loss of their loved ones, and they will remain in my prayers. If I were governor today, I’d be working closely with ALL Lancaster County and federal officials – regardless of political party – using facts, not fear, to inform the public and protect public health. I would certainly not be bickering with local and federal officials or acting like I can go it alone,” Garrity continued. Shapiro’s irresponsible press conference comes on the heels of outrage sparked over his proposed public-health mandates that have entered a public comment period. Serious concerns have been raised over the Shapiro Administration’s proposal and its potential infringement on privacy and individual liberties. “Josh Shapiro clearly hasn’t learned anything about sound public health policy, creating trust, or communications in the last six years – and it shows. He’s pretending to be a strong governor because he’s just not good at being a good governor. Authority over public health is too consequential to be concentrated in the hands of one person – especially someone so willing and eager to turn matters of life and death into partisan political theater. I urge Josh Shapiro to immediately withdraw his oppressive proposed regulatory overreach scheme and work with the legislature and others to protect both individual rights and public health. Pennsylvania voters rejected his dictatorial style of public health overreach during COVID, and they will do so again if necessary,” Garrity concluded. PAID FOR BY GARRITY FOR PA
For Immediate Release: August 27, 2026 Contact: info@robforpa.com Law Enforcement Officers of Southern Luzerne County Represented by Christina-Doherty FOP Lodge 84 Endorse Congressman Rob Bresnahan for Reelection Pittston, PA - Congressman Rob Bresnahan today announced that he has earned the endorsement of Christina-Doherty Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #84, representing law enforcement officers across southern Luzerne County. Rep. Bresnahan has now earned the endorsement of seven FOP Lodges in Pennsylvania’s 8th district, as well as the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association . The endorsement follows Bresnahan’s recent address to the lodge, where he reaffirmed his commitment to supporting law enforcement across Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District. “Throughout his tenure in Congress, Rob Bresnahan has proven himself to be an unwavering champion for public safety and officer welfare. From fighting to secure crucial federal funding for local departments to advocating for legislation that protects those who wear the badge, his leadership has provided our officers with the confidence and resources needed to execute their duties safely and effectively,” said FOP Lodge 84 President, Michael Bogart. “He truly understands the unique challenges facing modern law enforcement, and his steadfast commitment to our mission does not go unnoticed.” The full endorsement letter can be viewed HERE . “Every day, the officers of FOP Christina-Doherty Lodge #84 put on the badge and answer the call, whatever it takes to keep southern Luzerne County safe,” said Congressman Rob Bresnahan . “That kind of courage deserves a partner in Washington who will fight for the resources and respect they've earned. I'm proud to have their support, and I won't let them down.” Meanwhile, Mayor Paige Cognetti has been hampered by negative press for her treatment of law endorsement, including downplaying homicides and gang violence in Scranton and prioritizing woke policies over funding for guns and ammunition. She also cut maternity leave for police officers and has stated she wants to disarm police officers . Law enforcement organizations that have endorsed Rep. Bresnahan include: Power City FOP Lodge 18 Wyoming Valley FOP Lodge 36 O’Rourke Memorial FOP Lodge 38 Frank Albert Memorial FOP Lodge 43 Paul Bickelman Memorial FOP Lodge 46 Stroud FOP Lodge 75 Christina-Doherty FOP Lodge 84 The Pennsylvania State Troopers Association Learn more at www.RobForPA.com
For Immediate Release: August 21, 2026 Contact: info@robforpa.com Pittston, PA — It started with an ad highlighting Paige Cognetti’s radical agenda and ties to Action Together NEPA, a group she has personally joined and accepted its endorsement, and which pushes to eliminate school bathroom protections for girls and let boys compete in girls’ sports. But Cognetti and the Democrats’ true colors were further exposed this week when drag performer Chlamydia Berns objected to the use of a photo with Cognetti that was posted to the City of Scranton’s official Instagram account in 2025. Berns began raising money for a legal effort to challenge the use of the image in the ad. When asked about the controversy, the Cognetti campaign declined to comment. Now, Cognetti is silent while her allies brag about “rediscovering a charity video” of Congressman Bresnahan purchasing heels for the Paint Pittston Pink Gentlemen’s Dash , attempting to equate a drag performance in front of children and families with men putting on heels to raise money for breast cancer research. The Gentlemen’s Dash is a longstanding community fundraiser that brings local men together to put on heels and raise money in the fight against breast cancer. In 2023 alone, 13 participants raised more than $75,000 through the event. Make no mistake about what this is: an attempt to change the subject. Instead of addressing the ideology and policies raised in the ad, Cognetti remains silent while her allies try to turn Bresnahan’s participation in a breast cancer fundraiser into political ammunition. For Rob and Chelsea Bresnahan, cancer is not an abstract political talking point. They have watched loved ones battle cancer in the past and continue to stand alongside family fighting the disease today, and they know exactly what fundraisers like the Gentlemen’s Dash mean to patients and families. Long before Rob ever ran for Congress, he was showing up for Northeastern Pennsylvania, raising money and supporting organizations that help people here at home. And that may be the biggest irony of Cognetti’s allies’ attack: in their attempt to embarrass Bresnahan, they instead highlighted his longstanding record of giving back to the community years before he ever held public office. “This ad clearly touched a nerve, and Paige Cognetti is conveniently nowhere to be found,” said Bresnahan Campaign Manager Peter Brath . “Her allies can mock Rob for putting on high heels to raise money for breast cancer, but we’re never going to apologize for supporting a cause that means so much to families across Northeastern Pennsylvania. If Paige Cognetti wants to have a debate about her record, her ideology and the groups supporting her, we’re ready. Attacking a breast cancer fundraiser doesn’t answer any of those questions.” Learn more at www.RobForPA.com .
For Immediate Release: August 19, 2026 Contact: info@robforpa.com Pittston, PA - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson joined Congressman Rob Bresnahan in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District today, highlighting Bresnahan’s work on behalf of Northeastern Pennsylvania and rallying supporters ahead of November’s election. Speaker Johnson and Congressman Bresnahan were joined by Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09), Wyoming Area Regional Police Chief and registered Democrat Mike Turner, Kingston Borough Police Chief Rich Kotchik, Pike County Sheriff Brian Vennie, Wyoming Valley FOP Lodge 36 President Mike Huntzinger, Frank Albert Memorial FOP Lodge 43 President Steven Scoble, Robert Yonick of Wyoming Valley FOP Lodge 36, and Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher. Bresnahan emphasized that his first priority in Congress remains Northeastern Pennsylvania and ensuring the district has a representative willing to fight for its interests in Washington. “I’m grateful to Speaker Johnson for coming to Northeastern Pennsylvania and standing with us in this fight,” said Congressman Bresnahan. “The people of this district sent me to Washington to go to bat for them, and that’s what I’ve done every single day. We’re fighting to lower costs, protect taxpayers, secure our border, and make sure working families in Northeastern Pennsylvania have a voice in Congress.” The visit underscored the stakes of the PA-08 race and Republicans’ commitment to defending a key battleground district in November. Responding to Expected Cognetti Spin The following stats are pulled from the Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting System without spin. Violent Crime, Overall She'll cite a WVIA article stating that crime is down . That figure only works because 2021 was cherry-picked as the starting point, the year after she took office, and it erases everything before it. Her own police chief's numbers still show violent crime rising 15.5% in 2022 and 1.5% in 2024 inside that same window. Compare her tenure to what came before it, 2019-2024 versus 2013-2018, and homicides, rapes, and arson all rose. Homicides She'll point to a better 2025 and note two of the seven 2024 homicides were vehicular. Homicides still rose from 11 (2013-2018) to 14 (2019-2024), a 27% increase confirmed by WVIA against federal and state data. From 2021-2025 alone, the city recorded 15 homicides, and 2024 was the deadliest year in Scranton in over a decade, the same year a Scranton detective was shot in the line of duty. One better year doesn't erase that record, and recasting two homicides as "just vehicular" doesn't make them less deadly. Rapes She'll blame a 2021 reporting methodology change that reclassified assaults as rapes. If that were the real driver, aggravated assault numbers should have dropped sharply once the change took effect and stayed down. They didn't: 169 (2021), 165 (2022), 142 (2023), 114 (2024), 139 (2025), essentially flat. Reported rapes still rose 62% between 2019 and 2024, confirmed by WVIA. A flat assault line and a soaring rape line together mean this isn't just paperwork. Arson Arson cases rose 116% from 2019 to 2024, confirmed by WVIA using the city's own reported figures. Guns and Ammunition She will try to say that she didn’t disarm the police. That doesn't erase what her administration actually did: cut the guns and ammunition budget from $43,500 to $20,000 in 2021, a cut of more than 50%, after engaging with anti-police activist groups. City Council, not Cognetti, added a separate $23,629 "special operations ammunition" line item that year to patch the hole. She did not sign the 2021 budget. She let it become law without her signature specifically because she objected to Council restoring that ammunition funding. She can say now she doesn't want to disarm police, but her 2020 comments and her refusal to sign the budget that funded them tell a different story about where she actually stood when it counted. Learn more at www.RobForPA.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2026 Contact: Matthew Beynon – mbeynon@brabendercox.com HARRISBURG, PA – State Treasurer and Republican nominee for Governor Stacy Garrity (R-PA) issued the following statement in response to Governor Josh Shapiro’s (D-PA) new data center executive order. Stacy Garrity said: “Josh Shapiro is trying to gaslight the people of Pennsylvania into not believing what they’ve seen with their own eyes for the past 13 months. Last summer, Josh Shapiro was the biggest data center cheerleader in the nation, and he reaped in more than $5 million in campaign donations from out-of-state data center interests in the process. Now that public opinion has turned against him and his donors, Josh Shapiro is playing CYA, and Pennsylvania voters aren’t buying it. Josh Shapiro lit the fuse on the chaos we are seeing in community-after-community across the Commonwealth because he was more concerned with his political ambitions than fighting for Pennsylvania communities. As Governor, I will never abandon the hardworking Pennsylvania families who rightly expect their Governor to fight for them, not out of state donors to a political campaign." PAID FOR BY GARRITY FOR PA
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Pittston, PA – Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien visited Pennsylvania’s Eighth Congressional District today alongside Congressman Rob Bresnahan, underscoring their shared commitment to delivering results for working people and celebrating recent victories for Teamsters members in Northeastern Pennsylvania. During the visit, O’Brien, Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman, Rep. Bresnahan, and Teamsters Local 229 Secretary-Treasurer Mike Kovaleski toured the Bazooka Ring Pop facility in Moosic, where more than 60 Teamsters recently ratified a new three-year contract that includes a 15 percent wage increase, lower health care costs, pension improvements, and stronger workplace protections. They also made stops at TForce Freight in Moosic, a UPS Facility in Taylor, and LT Verrastro Inc. in Old Forge. “Rob Bresnahan is a strong ally on the issues that matter to Teamsters, from fighting to get the Faster Labor Contracts Act across the finish line to strengthening workplace protections and investing in railway safety. We know we can count on him to deliver results for working people,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “Pennsylvania’s workers deserve leaders who they can depend on to stand up and fight for the issues that matter to them,” said Rep. Bresnahan. “I’m proud to work alongside the Teamsters to strengthen protections for workers, support collective bargaining, and fight for policies that benefit the hardworking men and women who are the backbone of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s economy.” In June of this year, The Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters endorsed Congressman Bresnahan’s campaign for reelection. For more information visit www.RobForPA.com .
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 11, 2026 Contact: Matthew Beynon – mbeynon@brabendercox.com ***PRESS RELEASE*** Stelson Raises Money From Uncle Tied to Chinese Communist Party Second Major Stelson Donor Who Advocates for CCP NEW CUMBERLAND – First, Janelle Stelson (D-Lancaster) accepted the support of a political action committe e funded by Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn founder and close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, who traveled extensively to Epstein’s myriad properties – including his notorious island. Then, we learn that Stelson accepted maximum donations from the son and daughter-in-law of anti-American and radical Socialist George Soros, who sit on the board of the Soros-funded Open Society Foundation that funneled $37 million to extremist groups backing radical New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Now this… Reports this morning show that Stelson’s uncle, John W. Allen , who also has longstanding ties to the Soros Family, and who spent his business career advancing Chinese interests, donated thousands to her two congressional campaigns. Allen is an advisor with ChinaWise USA and served as CEO of the Greater China Corporation, a New York-based investment firm that “utillizes its significant relationships in the U.S., China, and around the World to assist its partners to benefit from China’s prosperity,” according to its now-defunct website. According to the Free Beacon , Allen also is a trustee with the nonprofit Chinese Cultural Foundation, a position in which he has built long-standing personal relationships with Beijing officials and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members. Allen routinely spoke with the CCP-operated Xinhua News Agency, which has been described as the “world’s biggest propaganda agency…at the heart of censorship and disinformation put in place by the Communist party,” and where he advocated for CCP policies like the “Belt and Road Initiative,” CCP’s global infrastructure project. This isn’t the first time Janelle Stelson has accepted contributions from individuals associated with the CCP. She received thousands from Pin Ni , a car executive and apparent active member of the CCP. Scott Perry has spent his career fighting the Chinese Communist Party threat to the United States, as well as its human rights abuses against the Chinese people. Perry has introduced legislation to stop China from selling military hardware to the U.S., while cosponsoring legislation to help Taiwan defend itself from Communist China . He’s also authored the Falun Gong Protection Act , which passed the House, sanctions Communist China for its forced organ harvesting practices. The difference in this race is clear: Scott Perry fights for America against the Chinese Communist Party. Janelle Stelson is a puppet of the Chinese Communist Party and couldn’t care less about America. ### PAID FOR BY PATRIOTS FOR PERRY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3 2026 Contact: Matthew Beynon – mbeynon@brabendercox.com HARRISBURG, PA – For nearly a year, Pennsylvania State Treasurer and Republican candidate for Governor Stacy Garrity has repeatedly taken Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) to task for his administration’s failure to lead. In nearly every speech she’s given, Garrity cited Pennsylvania’s abysmal rankings at 38 th economically, 39 th in education, and 41 st overall – but last week we found out it’s getting worse! Under Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s economy now ranks 47 th out of 50 states in the nation according to the U.S. News & World Report – dropping 9 spots! Josh Shapiro says his work is “paying off.” Stacy Garrity knows Josh Shapiro is a failure. Here are the facts: Nearly seven in 10 Pennsylvania 8 th graders cannot read at grade level, yet Josh Shapiro refuses to opt into a new federal scholarship program that will help Pennsylvania children escape failing schools – even liberal governors in New York and Colorado have opt-ed in! For all the talk of one bridge the Shapiro administration repaired in Philadelphia, there are nearly 3,000 structurally deficient bridges across the Commonwealth, with Pennsylvania’s infrastructure earning a C-minus grade. Pennsylvania has the 5 th highest tax burden in the nation, making it tougher to raise a family, start a business, and build a life in the Commonwealth. Enough is enough, and Stacy Garrity has one message to Pennsylvanians struggling to make ends meet under Josh Shapiro’s failed administration: Help is on the way! PAID FOR BY GARRITY FOR PA
HARRISBURG, PA – This morning’s edition of POLITICO Playbook detailed Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D-PA) deep involvement in recruiting NBA All-Star LeBron James to the Philadelphia 76ers this Summer, but the question must be asked: Is this how the Governor of the 5th largest state in the nation should be spending his time? Josh Shapiro took his eye off the ball at a time when the state Supreme Court had given the Governor and the legislature a 120 day stay to pass a constitutional remedy for its ruling in the Commonwealth v. Lee – which found that automatic life-without-parole sentences in Second-Degree murder cases violated the state’s constitution. The Pennsylvania State Senate passed a bipartisan bill that addressed this issue, but Shapiro’s allies in the Democratically controlled State House thumbed their nose at this bipartisan legislation – all the while Shapiro has said nothing. Stacy Garrity said: “Josh Shapiro has been trying to sit at the cool kid’s table for years, but he just looks ridiculous. Rather than demanding action before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s deadline, Josh Shapiro spent his time lobbying a professional basketball player to come to the 76ers. Because of Josh Shapiro’s failure to lead, nearly 1,200 convicted murderers across Pennsylvania can begin to challenge their sentences, forcing murder victims’ families back into court to relive the unimaginable pain and force upon them the specter of confronting their loved one’s murderer again.” PAID FOR BY GARRITY FOR PA
