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‘Far Left’ Dem Campaigns on Green Tax Policies With Obama Officials

The mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, has been campaigning with former officials from President Barack Obama’s administration to champion green tax policies.

Earlier this month, Paige Cognetti, the congressional candidate for Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, was seen alongside Jon Carson, a former Obama administration official involved in the federal Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort.

Carson served as chief of staff to the White House Council on Environmental Quality from 2009 to 2010, when the administration was implementing its Chesapeake Bay restoration strategy—commonly described by the Environmental Protection Agency as a regional “pollution diet” designed to reduce nutrient and sediment levels across multiple states.

Carson is associated with what Scranton residents call the “rain tax,” a city-imposed fee on........

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