About

My name is Robert J. Kuniegel, and I am running to fight for North East Pennsylvania in the 8th Congressional District.

I was raised here, raised my family here, and have made my living here. I’ve worked in blue collar jobs many years before putting myself through college at the age of 50, earning a degree in Criminal Justice. My wife and I have been happily married for 43 years and I am the proud father of two daughters and six grandchildren.

I have submitted reports to a local newspaper until reporters started reporting on local township meetings. I volunteered to help in the planning of Lackawanna County's recycling plant. And have taken 3 months off work without pay to build an educational website offering free American history books. TrAmericanPatriot.com

My fundamental values, beliefs, and principles are a product of a lifetime here in Pennsylvania.
It’s time we started doing what is right for working-class Americans, and the hard-working families that make this great country what it is.

*America should not be the world’s policeman, nor is it our job to get into the middle of every civil war going on in the world. I have this standard when it comes to sending our men and women into harm’s way. Are vital American interests at stake? If not, count me no on sending our young to spill their blood on foreign soil.

*Too many Americans have been left behind in the endless rush to sign trade agreements with governments that steal our secrets, undermine American wages, living conditions and our standard of living. Trade agreements must be good for Americans in order to earn my vote.

*At a time when so many in our communities have been left behind, it’s time to secure the border, reduce the number of immigrants we bring into the country, insist that those who are here abide our laws and assimilate into our American culture.

*I believe it is criminal that we make it so hard for our young people to go to college, get a job, buy a house and raise a family

*I am tired of watching Wall Street billionaires rig the tax code, and buy favored treatment at the expense of working Americans. It’s time we had a Congressman who will fight for us.

These are just a few of my bedrock principles and fundamental beliefs.

There is nothing about me that the monied interests can buy, trade or barter. I am committed to leaving this world, our country and this community a better place and a force for good.

I ask for your help and your support. If you’d like to know more about where I stand, please visit the issues page of my website.

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Pocono High School Senior photo
The love of my life for 43 years
Candidate age 25 on a six-man crew, pouring 100 yards of concrete from a 1/8 yard Georgia buggy 400 feet atop a cooling tower Berwick Pa.
Eugene A Green, my home for one and a half years. I did not make it to Vietnam but while in the Mediterranean Sea we made a little detour to Syria for a possible conflict that never materialized.
This is a five plank wide scaffolding with a quarter yard concrete bucket in the background.
This is me atop a concrete pile at age 60 myself, and my older brother jackhammered & removed that concrete from a basement in one day. That is called bull work.
Graduation day year 2000 at age 50 Bachelors in Criminal Justice Degree University of Scranton. First in my family to attend College but not the last. One daughter has a Masters in Environmental studies and my youngest is a Dentist.
A very old campaign poster of one of my heroes TR & his almost never mentioned Vice President Fairbanks.
Janie is the most significant partner a husband could have.
My best friend Junior relaxing with me in my comfortable chair.
This is a look at temporary stairway we ascended to start a hard days work jacking up the scaffolding 5 feet each day and pouring anywhere from 120 yards to 500 yards of concrete depending on the thickness of the wall that varies between 8 inches mid-way up to 53 inches at the top.
This is a look from the top. Every day that I ascended the stairway, I said a little prayer that I would descend on the same stairs to see my family again. I do not particularly like heights, but I was determined to do my best to provide for my family.
Do a little research on August Lesnevich a not too distant cousin on my father’s side, seven-time light heavyweight champion of the world. I have the same tenacity to step into the corrupt DC ring and fight for America.