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EXPOSED: Democrat Mayor SLASHED Maternity Leave While Preaching 'Women's Rights' in Key PA Race

Gary FranchiApril 6, 2026303 views
EXPOSED: Democrat Mayor SLASHED Maternity Leave While Preaching 'Women's Rights' in Key PA Race
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The mask is coming off another radical Democrat politician, and this time it's happening in one of America's most watched congressional races. Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, who's challenging Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan in Pennsylvania's pivotal 8th District, is scrambling to explain why she slashed maternity leave benefits for city workers while campaigning as a champion of working families.

A bombshell new labor agreement in Scranton has exposed Cognetti's stunning hypocrisy just as she's trying to flip a key House seat that could determine Republican control of Congress. While Democrats across the country lecture Americans about 'women's rights' and 'supporting working mothers,' Cognetti was quietly gutting the very benefits she claims to support.

Another Democrat, Another Lie

This is exactly the kind of two-faced politics that drove Americans to give President Trump and Republicans a decisive mandate in 2024. Cognetti joins the long list of Democrat politicians who say one thing on the campaign trail while doing the exact opposite when they think nobody's watching.

Patriots in Pennsylvania's 8th District are asking the obvious question: If Cognetti can't be trusted to support working mothers as mayor of Scranton, why would anyone believe she'd fight for families in Washington?

The timing couldn't be worse for Democrats who are already struggling to defend their radical agenda after the Biden regime's spectacular failures.

Rep. Rob Bresnahan, meanwhile, has consistently stood with Pennsylvania families and supported President Trump's America First agenda. While Cognetti was cutting benefits for her own city employees, Bresnahan was fighting the Biden administration's war on American workers and energy independence.

Pennsylvania Sees Through The Charade

This controversy proves that voters were right to reject the Democrat Party's failed leadership in 2024. From Biden's border crisis to their assault on American energy, Democrats have shown they care more about virtue signaling than actually helping working families.

Will Pennsylvania voters reward Cognetti's duplicity with a promotion to Congress? Or will they stick with proven conservative leadership that actually delivers results? The choice has never been clearer.

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Gary Franchi

Award-winning journalist covering breaking news, politics & culture for Next News Network.

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RedStateReadyVerifiedApr 6, 2026
Finally some real journalism exposing these frauds!
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PatriotMom2024VerifiedApr 6, 2026
Classic liberal hypocrisy! They'll say anything to get votes but their actual record tells the truth. Pennsylvania voters need to see this.
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TruthSeeker88VerifiedApr 6, 2026
Exactly! Always check what they DO, not what they SAY.
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CommonSenseConservativeVerifiedApr 6, 2026
Does anyone know the specific details of what was cut? I want to share this with my neighbors but need the facts.
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ResearchGuruVerifiedApr 7, 2026
The article mentions it was reduced from 12 weeks to 8 weeks for city employees. Pretty significant cut!
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SmallBizOwner_PAVerifiedApr 7, 2026
I'm a small business owner and even I try to give my employees better maternity leave than what this mayor provided. Shows where their priorities really are when they control the budget.
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FamilyFirst2024VerifiedApr 8, 2026
This is why we can't trust a word they say about supporting families. They talk a big game during election season but governing is completely different.
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WorkingDadPAVerifiedApr 8, 2026
My wife had to go back to work after 6 weeks when our second child was born because of policies like this. These politicians don't live in the real world.