Williamsport, Pa. — The plan to inflate a large fat cat outside a Congressmen’s office was deflated by an equipment issue, but that didn’t stop local activists from rallying anyway.

Mr. Riggs, the 10-foot-tall cigar-smoking cat, was meant to highlight a system that’s rigged against working people by billionaires, corporations, and wealthy politicians, explained Jess Brittain of Action Together NEPA.

Mr. Riggs arrived at the rally courtesy of Dwayne Heisler, who serves as the statewide campaign director for the Pennsylvania Policy Center. Heisler, who previously spearheaded the Columbia County Indivisible group when he lived in Bloomsburg, now goes on the road across the state with the fat cat, who smokes a cigar, wears a top hat, and is sitting on a pile of money.

“He’s called Mr. Riggs

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