{"id":2029464,"date":"2023-09-12T15:41:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T19:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-blames-bidenomics-for-soaring-gas-prices-as-he-suspends-fuel-tax\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T16:53:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:53:08","slug":"kemp-blames-bidenomics-for-soaring-gas-prices-as-he-suspends-fuel-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-blames-bidenomics-for-soaring-gas-prices-as-he-suspends-fuel-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Kemp suspends fuel tax, blames &#8216;Bidenomics&#8217; for high gas 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\">20<\/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%2Fkemp-blames-bidenomics-for-soaring-gas-prices-as-he-suspends-fuel-tax%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=2029464&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--><h2>Georgia Governor Suspends Gas Tax, Blames Biden&#8217;s Economy<\/h2>\n<p>Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) made an exciting announcement\u200d on Tuesday, revealing his plan to suspend the gas tax\u2063 in the Peach State through an executive order. Kemp wasted no time\u200c in pointing fingers at President Joe\u200c Biden&#8217;s handling of the economy as the reason \u2062behind this decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;From <a title=\"Cost of Fertilizer Up as Much as 500% in Some Areas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cost-of-fertilizer-up-as-much-as-500-in-some-areas\/\">runaway federal spending<\/a> to policies that <a title=\"Georgia suspends gas tax due to inflation emergency declaration.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-suspends-gas-tax-amid-emergency-declaration-over-inflation\/\">hamstring domestic energy production<\/a>, all Bidenomics has done is \u2062take more money out of the pockets of the middle class,&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kemp emphasized in\u200d a statement. \u200cHe believes that the\u200c increased gas \u200dprices have burdened the middle class, and it&#8217;s\u200b time to provide them with some \u200crelief.<\/p>\n<h3>Immediate Relief \u200bfor Georgians<\/h3>\n<p>Under the executive order,\u200d the gas tax will be suspended from September 13th to October 12th. This \u2063means \u200bthat \u200dGeorgians will enjoy a significant reduction in gas\u2064 prices during this period. According to the governor&#8217;s office, drivers will pay 31.2 cents\u2064 less per gallon on gas and 35 cents less per gallon on\u200d diesel fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns expressed his support\u200c for Kemp&#8217;s executive action, highlighting the success of Georgia&#8217;s economy compared to the\u2062 national level.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I\u2064 applaud Governor Kemp&#8217;s \u200dsuspension of\u2064 motor fuel taxes to\u200b keep \u2063our people and our \u200deconomy moving despite Washington&#8217;s inaction on <a title=\"After Killing US Oil Projects, Biden Begs Russia, Saudi Arabia For Help Fighting Rising Gas Prices\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-killing-us-oil-projects-biden-begs-russia-saudi-arabia-for-help-fighting-rising-gas-prices\/\">rising fuel prices<\/a>. Georgia&#8217;s success story is no\u200d accident \u2013 it is the result of conservative policies enacted to keep Georgia the nation&#8217;s best state for business,&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Burns stated.<\/p>\n<h3>Past Suspension and Savings<\/h3>\n<p>This is not the first \u200ctime Georgia has suspended the gas tax. In 2022, the tax was suspended from March through December due to skyrocketing gas \u200cprices following the\u200c Russian invasion of Ukraine. Although <a title=\"DCCC Blasted on Twitter After Thanking Biden for 2 Cent Decrease in Gas Prices\u00a0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dccc-blasted-on-twitter-after-thanking-biden-for-2-cent-decrease-in-gas-prices\/\">gas prices decreased<\/a>\u200b after reaching their peak\u200d in the summer of 2022, they have been on \u200bthe rise again in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp&#8217;s office\u200b estimates that the 2022 suspension saved \u2064Georgia drivers a \u200bwhopping $1.7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>With this latest executive order, Governor Kemp aims to provide immediate relief to hardworking Georgians and help them navigate \u2063the <a title=\"Kemp suspends fuel tax, blames 'Bidenomics' for high gas prices.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-blames-bidenomics-for-soaring-gas-prices-as-he-suspends-fuel-tax\/\">economic challenges caused<\/a> by President Biden&#8217;s policies. It&#8217;s a bold move that demonstrates Kemp&#8217;s commitment to supporting the middle class and \u2063keeping Georgia&#8217;s economy thriving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read \u2063more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) blames President Biden&#8217;s economic management as he suspends Georgia&#8217;s gas tax through an executive order. The tax will be lifted from Sept. 13 to Oct. 12. Kemp holds Biden responsible for rising gas prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2029465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Kemp suspends fuel tax, blames &#8216;Bidenomics&#8217; for high gas prices.","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Kemp suspends fuel tax, blames &#8216;Bidenomics&#8217; for high gas prices.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}