{"id":32225,"date":"2026-08-08T10:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32225"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:13:38","slug":"thomas-massie-blames-the-israel-lobby-for-the-high-cost-of-beef-in-burritos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32225","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Massie Blames the \u2018Israel Lobby\u2019 For the High Cost of Beef In Burritos"},"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_5727075\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5727075\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5727075\" src=\"https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/05\/massie-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1749\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5727075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Allison Bailey\/NurPhoto via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rep. <strong>Thomas Massie<\/strong> (R-KY) blamed the high cost of burritos in the country, at least in part, on the \u201cIsrael lobby\u201d spending so much money to remove him from his seat in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the week, right-wing influencers discussed the cost of burritos online, which even led to Vice President <strong>JD Vance<\/strong> making a fat joke about <strong>Marc Thiessen<\/strong> at one point. \u201cI&#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,\u201d Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/jd-vance-jabs-fox-contributor-and-iran-critic-with-a-mean-tweet-about-his-looks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quipped <\/a>as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/aug\/6\/burrito-price-fight-splits-gop-midterms-loom-affordability\/?srsltid=AfmBOoonG_wzML3RlyevNR8Eo_Ky-YFtOU8-2vQWZcGMXyZ3WGKogASv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing burrito dialogue.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/thomas-massie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massie<\/a> too wanted in on the action and offered his take on why burritos were so expensive. \u201cWhile they\u2019re telling you to put more beans in your beef so you can afford to make burritos for your family, remember the Israeli lobby spent $30 million to take me out of Congress because I wouldn\u2019t vote for the things that have made your grocery bills so high,\u201d wrote Massie on X.<\/p>\n<p>Massie lost his Republican Party primary earlier in the summer after Trump endorsed his opponent. Trump and Massie feuded in recent years over spending, the Epstein Files and most recently the war in Iran, which led to Trump actively working to oust Massie from the party. Several major pro-Israel GOP mega donors also donated heavily to remove Massie, who is a prominent critic of foreign intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Massie\u2019s post received a bevy of reactions from across the political spectrum, with many mocking him and others accusing him of promoting an anti-Semitic trope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomehow he combined blaming Israel and making it all about himself in a single post about burritos that, gasp, contain both beans and beef,\u201d wrote conservative pundit<strong> James Lindsay<\/strong> in reply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"a08a36cd65fb9c9fe7ffcda8df2c452e\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Somehow he combined blaming Israel and making it all about himself in a single post about burritos that, gasp, contain both beans and beef. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O62w0qCMde\">https:\/\/t.co\/O62w0qCMde<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConceptualJames\/status\/2085511962570510718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fox contributor <strong>Ben Domenech<\/strong> quipped in reply, \u201cThe Jews are putting beans in your burrito! OMG\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"291eb6d639c8f36a9e40a4cf1f6cfa67\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Jews are putting beans in your burrito! OMG <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bQSJT8CvXC\">https:\/\/t.co\/bQSJT8CvXC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benjamin Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bdomenech\/status\/2085455563576500598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Below are some more reactions:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"21b118fc1e65df4d4c31e90db238873a\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stock up on ramen, loser. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JS5SGZSCqL\">https:\/\/t.co\/JS5SGZSCqL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abe Greenwald (@AbeGreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AbeGreenwald\/status\/2085521643154153597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"b1b0a5743384b6082886dfad8cffd99b\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What&#039;s the difference between this and arguments meant to incite pogroms to medieval European peasants? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y2FNIXhfqN\">https:\/\/t.co\/y2FNIXhfqN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex \u05d2\u05d3\u05e2\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05df \u05f0\u05e2\u05dc\u05f0\u05dc (@JewishWonk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JewishWonk\/status\/2085740401076379941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"49130a1949379da72be15e395a7e1580\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can\u2019t believe the reason my burritos are so expensive is the Jews <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bxARUAIONu\">https:\/\/t.co\/bxARUAIONu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f52c.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd2c\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> (@JonnyMicro) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonnyMicro\/status\/2085496122181582924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"ce52059133ac0719a287d0721602019a\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An executive at Henry Ford\u2019s tractor plant was making a dinner of a candy bar one night. He was a few bites in when he noticed Ford\u2019s face in the glass panel of the door to his office. Ford came in and perched on the edge of his desk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s up that you\u2019re here at this hour?\u201d\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oh1PGJNt3y\">https:\/\/t.co\/Oh1PGJNt3y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bungarsargon\/status\/2085682334083211655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"f170b07774aa007c37889b0217cbc30a\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As written in &quot;Protocols of the Elders of Chipotle.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pK7jJ8f8uj\">https:\/\/t.co\/pK7jJ8f8uj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Gabriel (@exjon) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/exjon\/status\/2085456869330649234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"a88d168e729015b4d5c90794b61a5d45\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who\u2019s \u201cThey,\u201d Tom?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u201d didn\u2019t say that. I did. <\/p>\n<p>Me. One guy. White Anglo-Saxon Protestant middle-class Joel Berry. Literally just telling you what I ate the other night. I\u2019m not \u201cthey.\u201d I\u2019m just a deeply thankful conservative American giving his opinion on the internet.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nZIS92piLa\">https:\/\/t.co\/nZIS92piLa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoelWBerry\/status\/2085570029118996938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"1e900934a2b8b59ff90634581bf7293a\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#039;s a simple new rule: If expensive burritos lead you to think about Israel, you are definitely an obsessed Antisemite. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K0u0yUVAM4\">pic.twitter.com\/K0u0yUVAM4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Joelmpetlin\/status\/2085584088266604946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"95cf9031f54f9a29aef6cf4284e69887\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have reached \u201cyour burritos are expensive because of the Jews.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dH8kWdUkuj\">https:\/\/t.co\/dH8kWdUkuj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emily Zanotti <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f99d.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd9d\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> (@emzanotti) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/emzanotti\/status\/2085477594674139238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/thomas-massie-blames-the-israel-lobby-for-the-high-cost-of-beef-in-burritos\/\">Thomas Massie Blames the \u2018Israel Lobby\u2019 For the High Cost of Beef In Burritos<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Allison Bailey\/NurPhoto via AP) Rep. 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