{"id":33826,"date":"2026-08-09T03:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33826"},"modified":"2026-08-09T03:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:40:45","slug":"burrito-debate-sparks-gop-divide-on-inflation-as-dan-crenshaw-jd-vance-dig-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33826","title":{"rendered":"Burrito debate sparks GOP divide on inflation as Dan Crenshaw, JD Vance dig in"},"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<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/crenshawdan_041224gn01_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n        <iframe id=\"instaread_iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audio Article\" style=\"display:block\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p><\/instaread-player><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) doubled down on his comments Thursday after drawing criticism for telling Americans concerned about <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5959019-affordability-crisis-groceries-price-surges-inflation-survey\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5959019-affordability-crisis-groceries-price-surges-inflation-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">high food prices<\/a> to \u201cstop whining\u201d and \u201cget a job,\u201d as a viral debate over the cost of a $20 burrito exposed divisions among the GOP over affordability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust hearing about this dumb $20 burrito debate so just thought I\u2019d make the losers on social media angry before going to bed,\u201d Crenshaw posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/2085178337408782349?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">social platform X<\/a> late Wednesday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cStop whining, get a job, eat Ramen like the rest of us did in college, on a budget with 4 roommates,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe market doesn\u2019t care what you think something \u2018should\u2019 cost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After taking some heat in his comment section, the lawmaker sent out another post to address the backlash before doubling down on his previous remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay, I am SORRY for triggering the comment section,\u201d Crenshaw <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/2085471310776541419?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Republican then sarcastically suggested the existence of a $20 burrito was proof capitalism had failed before making it clear he was joking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember 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?\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw, who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5763470-toth-defeats-crenshaw-texas-house-primary\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5763470-toth-defeats-crenshaw-texas-house-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost his bid for reelection<\/a>, criticized the Biden administration in 2021 after it told Americans to eat less takeout beef and poultry to mediate inflation.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAmerica: our food prices are too high what are you doing about inflation? Biden admin: just be vegan and stop complaining you bunch of rubes,\u201d he said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1435757327756431365?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in his 2021 post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The burrito debate began earlier this week, after Turning Point USA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet shared a conversation with a college student who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewKolvet\/status\/2084655580497809835?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summed up<\/a> his concerns about affordability by saying, \u201cA burrito shouldn\u2019t cost $20.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of this is a hangover from COVID and Biden-era inflation, but the lived experience is the same: It just feels like basic things cost too much,\u201d Kolvet wrote online.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Vice President Vance also weighed in on the discussion, after Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/marcthiessen\/status\/2084963269635191041?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismissed Kolvet\u2019s complaint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCry me a river. The burritos in the college cafeteria are included in your meal plan,\u201d Thiessen wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Vance replied to Thiessen with a jab about his weight.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m surprised to hear Mark say this,\u201d Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/2085000102905597966?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cIf you\u2019ve ever met him in person, it\u2019s quite obvious the man has never missed a burrito.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kolvet later told NewsNation\u2019s \u201cOn Balance\u201d that he \u201chad no idea\u201d his comments would spur such a debate, but he said it would be unwise for the GOP to repeat the mistakes of former President Biden by dismissing the concern about food prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s political malfeasance to ignore and deny the actual anxieties of voters, especially young voters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media Inc. 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Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) doubled down on his comments Thursday after drawing criticism for telling Americans concerned about high food prices to \u201cstop whining\u201d and \u201cget a job,\u201d as a viral debate over the cost of a $20 burrito exposed divisions among the GOP over affordability. \u201cJust hearing about this dumb $20 burrito debate so&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/crenshawdan_041224gn01_w.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}