{"id":2404,"date":"2026-07-11T13:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:07:35","slug":"philly-democrats-call-trump-promoted-freedom-fuel-stations-a-pr-stunt-that-wont-solve-high-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2404","title":{"rendered":"Philly Democrats call Trump-promoted Freedom Fuel stations a \u2018PR stunt\u2019 that won\u2019t solve high gas prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Philly Democrats criticized President Donald Trump\u2019s recent promotion of Freedom Fuel gas stations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as an effort to fool people about the high price of fuel rather than a long-term solution to the problem. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2402\">Alex Reese wears No. 65 to honor his late mother, including in the Pacers\u2019 Summer League game vs. his old team<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis appears to be a PR stunt of some sort, which is designed to distract people from the fact that gas prices have gone up because the president started a war against Iran,\u201d said Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, who represents Delaware County and parts of South Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Questions still abound about who is behind the Freedom Fuel Network, which popped around the region last week with 25 gas stations sporting the branding. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>No entity is registered in Pennsylvania or New Jersey with the name, but an application for a trademark was filed in Delaware on July 1, two days before the July 3 launch that has been heavily promoted by the White House. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Trump was posting about it on Truth Social even before that, praising the retailer\u2019s patriotism and promising that gas prices nationally would fall soon after they surged following his decision to attack Iran earlier this year. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis Retailer is taking the lead, and others should follow. They are doing this because they love the U.S.A. We are proud to celebrate America\u2019s 250th Birthday in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Birthplace of our very special, one-of-a-kind Declaration of Independence, and where I won BIG in the Presidential Election!\u201d Trump said on Truth Social last month. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The stations started selling gas at $3.47 a gallon on July 3, a nod to the 47th president, according to the White House. Scanlon said that when she stopped by Friday morning, prices were already going up just seven days later.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI actually went to one this morning just to get a sense of what was going on,\u201d Scanlon said. \u201dThey may have started with a price of $3.47, but it\u2019s already going up; this one was at $3.57\u2033<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, a Democrat who represents Philadelphia, said these stations are too little, too late for constituents who have been feeling squeezed by gas prices.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cGas was $2.98 a gallon before Trump\u2019s disastrous Iran War. Prices then jumped 50% \u2014 the biggest jump in gas prices in American history. These few discounted gas stations are a band-aid on a gunshot wound,&#8221; Boyle said in a statement to the Inquirer.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2400\">Take me out to the gift shop: How the All-Star Game has become a major-league merchandising machine<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Boyle has been outspoken about gas prices while in office. In April, he announced a bill to suspend the federal gas tax when gas prices exceed $4 per gallon.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The average gas price in Philadelphia as of Saturday was $3.99 per gallon, about 11 Cents above the national average, according to AAA\u2019s fuel price tracker. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Gas prices peaked in May but have remained volatile due to the ongoing conflict with Iran. Following U.S. attacks, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 an essential trading route \u2014causing gas prices to spike. Recently, the U.S. and Iran resumed attacks, marking the end of a three-week ceasefire.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn no uncertain terms, the ceasefire is OVER!\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans, a retiring Philadelphia Democrat, said that ending the war in Iran would be the long-term solution for lowering gas prices.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs of now, it [Freedom Fuel stations] doesn\u2019t sound like a long-term solution,\u201d Evans said. \u201cGas prices are high because Trump has been more focused on vanity projects like a ballroom than on ending his over-four-month illegal war of choice \u2014 a war which both houses of Congress have now voted to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>According to the White House, Freedom Fuel is an independent company that the Trump administration does not fund, nor was the company buying gas at a discounted price.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Scanlon said that identifying the people funding the initiative would make clear the motive for the low prices and whether they would be there to stay.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSomeone is making it worthwhile for these independent stations to rebrand themselves and sell at under market rates,\u201d she said. \u201cI mean, they\u2019ve got to be making up that money somehow. So the question just is, who is doing it and why? Although it seems there can be no other reason than to prop up the president\u2019s faltering poll numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2398\">Access to therapy is about to get easier for Pennsylvania residents who travel out of state<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Rep. 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