{"id":1389858,"date":"2022-03-19T14:03:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T18:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1389858"},"modified":"2022-03-19T17:00:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T21:00:04","slug":"video-businessman-to-donate-1-million-in-gas-to-chicagoans-amid-steep-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-businessman-to-donate-1-million-in-gas-to-chicagoans-amid-steep-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Businessman to Donate $1 Million in Gas to Chicagoans amid Steep Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-businessman-to-donate-1-million-in-gas-to-chicagoans-amid-steep-prices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1389858&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Millionaire businessman Willie Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/free-gas-chicago-willie-wilson-cook-county\/11661502\/\">plans<\/a> to give away $1 million worth of gas in Chicago as the White House recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/14\/white-house-gas-prices-will-continue-to-go-up\/\">confirmed<\/a> prices would keep rising.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson said Friday he would donate the gas on Thursday at 50 locations in the city and Cook County, ABC 7 reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cStarting at 7 a.m., each vehicle at those gas stations will get $50 in gas until $1 million is exhausted, as residents struggle with high gas prices,\u201d the outlet said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WVON1690\/posts\/2365421923600507\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/205664726242915\/posts\/2365421923600507\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udce2 Dr. Willie Wilson will be giving away FREE gas again next Thursday! This time the gas will be at more locations and\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/205664726242915\">WVON 1690AM \u2013 The Talk of Chicago<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/205664726242915\/posts\/2365421923600507\/\">Friday, March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=525790052238508&#038;set=a.491081845709329\">shared<\/a> the news on what appeared to be his social media profile, saying he was announcing the giveaway as residents were hit with the highest fuel prices in 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c50 Participating Gas Stations Agree to Lower their Prices to Serve More Families, &#038; Invites Press, Elected Officials, &#038; Clergy to Pump Gas,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, White House officials said Monday gas prices would continue to climb, but President Joe Biden had previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/08\/joe-biden-shrugs-off-high-gas-prices-cant-do-much-right-now\/\">shrugged<\/a> off the high costs, after having vowed to do whatever it took to slash them, according to Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t do much right now,\u201d he replied when asked about the issue. \u201cRussia is responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"a8d padok\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, \u201cBiden has not announced any significant changes to his existing energy policies to lower gas prices in the wake of Russia escalating their war in Ukraine,\u201d Breitbart News continued.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson held his first giveaway on Thursday, with people lining up for blocks to participate.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>A man named Ricky Kimmons told ABC 7 he had been feeling the brunt of the high gas prices. He was the second person in one of the lines.<\/p>\n<p>It usually costs him nearly $150 to fill up the Suburban he was driving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018Is this for real?\u2019 And then I seen it on the news, so I started trying to find out the locations, and I was like, \u2018Oh, there\u2019s one right here by the house five minutes away.\u2019 Got right up, came right over here,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt helps me tremendously, a whole lot, just don\u2019t know how much I appreciate free gas right now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post on Friday, Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=526083888875791&#038;set=a.491081845709329\">shared<\/a> a list of participating gas stations for the second round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millionaire businessman Willie Wilson plans to give away $1 million worth of gas in Chicago as the White House recently confirmed prices would keep rising. 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