{"id":30705,"date":"2026-08-07T05:20:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30705"},"modified":"2026-08-07T05:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:20:37","slug":"house-republican-offers-half-hearted-apology-after-telling-americans-to-stop-whining-and-get-a-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30705","title":{"rendered":"House Republican Offers Half-Hearted Apology After Telling Americans to \u2018Stop Whining\u2019 and \u2018Get a Job\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5683851\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5683851\" class=\"wp-image-5683851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-12-at-5-48-06-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Crenshaw\" width=\"1530\" height=\"1018\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5683851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chip Somodevilla\/AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rep. <strong>Dan Crenshaw<\/strong> (R-TX) issued a relatively weak apology on Thursday after calling for Americans to &#8220;stop whining&#8221; and &#8220;get a job&#8221; on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw&#8217;s comments were in response to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/burrito-debate-rips-open-gop-civil-war-affordability-we-lose-deserve-it\">online debate<\/a>, sparked by Turning Point USA spokesman <strong>Andrew Kolvet<\/strong>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewKolvet\/status\/2084655580497809835?s=20\">shared<\/a> that a college student had recently told him about a burrito costing $20, emphasizing, &#8220;It just feels like basic things cost too much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just hearing about this dumb $20 burrito debate so just thought I\u2019d make the losers on social media angry before going to bed,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/2085178337408782349?s=20\">wrote<\/a> Crenshaw via X on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stop whining, get a job, eat Ramen like the rest of us did in college, on a budget with 4 roommates. The market doesn\u2019t care what you think something &#8216;should&#8217; cost. Only communists care (they set prices remember? Then everyone starves, remember?) Are you a communist? Or are you an American adult male capable of handling his own sh*t?&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, after setting his own comment section ablaze, Crenshaw addressed the criticism over his words, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/2085471310776541419?s=20\">writing<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Okay, I am SORRY for triggering the comment section. Of course the world is objectively harder than EVER, and while a $20 burrito is rare, the fact that it exists anywhere is obviously proof that capitalism has FAILED.<\/p>\n<p>lol no just kidding. Remember when the right had principles and made fun of leftists for elevating victimhood as a virtue? Want to tell people the truth? Or just bribe them for their vote in the next election?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Crenshaw story wasn&#8217;t the only news broken around this burrito debate. Fox News contributor and <em>Washington Post<\/em> columnist <strong>Marc Thiessen<\/strong> responded to Kolvet&#8217;s initial social media post, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/marcthiessen\/status\/2084963269635191041?s=20\">writing<\/a>, &#8220;Cry me a river. The burritos in the college cafeteria are included in your meal plan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vice President<strong> JD Vance<\/strong> then <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/2085000102905597966?s=20\">posted<\/a> on X, &#8220;I&#8217;m surprised to hear Mark say this. If you&#8217;ve ever met him in person, it&#8217;s quite obvious the man has never missed a burrito.&#8221; The vice president has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/jc-vance-has-no-regrets-about-fat-joke-aimed-at-fellow-republican-i-feel-pretty-good-about-that\/\">defended his comments<\/a>, stressing, &#8220;You\u2019re allowed to be a little bit humorous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/house-republican-offers-half-hearted-apology-after-telling-americans-to-stop-whining-and-get-a-job\/\">House Republican Offers Half-Hearted Apology After Telling Americans to \u2018Stop Whining\u2019 and \u2018Get a Job\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chip Somodevilla\/AP Rep. 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