Editor’s note: We are publishing a series of fact-checks of advertisements in the Pennsylvania 8th Congressional District race between incumbent Republican Congressman Rob Bresnahan of Dallas Twp. and Democratic challenger, Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti. The election is key for both major parties’ hopes of holding a House majority the next two years.

This 30-second ad was paid for by Paige For PA, Cognetti’s official campaign committee, and was approved by the candidate.

It begins with a photo of a smiling Bresnahan, wearing a white baseball cap and black polo shirt emblazoned with his campaign logo, superimposed in front of a row of computer servers. A woman’s voice then insists Bresnahan “voted for $83 billion in giveaways for data centers.”

The opening scene cuts to a pair of people, identified as Jim and Karen, standing in an open field.

“Eighty-three billion dollars?” Jim asks.

“That’s nuts,” Karen responds.

Karen goes on to add that Bresnahan’s policies have made it “impossible” for towns like the ones they live in to prevent data centers from being developed. Jim called that “insane.”

Karen then mentions the acquisition of 11 square miles of land near Carbondale in Lackawanna County by PPL Corp., a company she says Bresnahan “championed.” While she doesn’t mention the land could potentially be used for data centers, the ad cites a Times-Tribune article from August indicating the land deal “paves the way” for power plant construction.

“They’re not asking,” she said....

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