{"id":61710,"date":"2025-12-15T21:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/61710\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:52:08","slug":"protesters-demand-action-from-u-s-rep-rob-bresnahan-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/61710\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters demand action from U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Affordable Pennsylvania and Action Together NEPA delivered a petition Monday to U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan\u2019s office demanding he help restore funding to Medicaid and SNAP. Some of the protesters dressed as the Grinch. Bresnahan, a Republican from Dallas Twp., represents the 8th Congressional District, which includes all of Lackawanna, Pike and Wayne counties and parts of Luzerne and Monroe counties.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Regional Organizer for Affordable Pennsylvania Anthony Gratter explains 304 community...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-HEALTHCAREGRINCH-121525-02.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Regional Organizer for Affordable Pennsylvania Anthony Gratter explains 304 community members signed a petition to ask U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas, to restore funding to SNAP and Medicaid during the protest at Courthouse Square in downtown Scranton on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. The Grinch to his left holds a poster board version of the petition. Behind them, is a cardboard cut out of the representative with a Grinch mask on. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Protesters gather at courthouse square to deliver a petition to...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-HEALTHCAREGRINCH-121525-04.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-HEALTHCAREGRINCH-121525-04.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Protesters gather at courthouse square to deliver a petition to U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan asking him to restore funding to SNAP and Medicaid in downtown Scranton on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Protesters walk to U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan\u2019s office to deliver...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-HEALTHCAREGRINCH-121525-05.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-HEALTHCAREGRINCH-121525-05.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Protesters walk to U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan\u2019s office to deliver a petition asking the representative to restore funding to SNAP and Medicaid in downtown Scranton on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Grinch holds a poster board version of the petition...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-HEALTHCAREGRINCH-121525-01.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/STT-L-HEALTHCAREGRINCH-121525-01.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Grinch holds a poster board version of the petition Action Together NEPA and Affordable Pennsylvania delivered to U.S. Rep.\u2019s Rob Bresnahan\u2019s office in downtown Scranton on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 4<\/p>\n<p>Regional Organizer for Affordable Pennsylvania Anthony Gratter explains 304 community members signed a petition to ask U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas, to restore funding to SNAP and Medicaid during the protest at Courthouse Square in downtown Scranton on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. The Grinch to his left holds a poster board version of the petition. Behind them, is a cardboard cut out of the representative with a Grinch mask on. (REBECCA PARTICKA\/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Affordable Pennsylvania and Action Together NEPA delivered a petition Monday to U.S. Rep. 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