JD Vance Insults Conservative Commentator Who Told College Students to Get Over the Price of Burritos

JD Vance recently body-shamed a conservative Washington Post columnist, Mark Thiessen, on social media.

The situation started with an X post from political commentator Matt Walsh, who complained about the high price of groceries in the U.S. on Monday, August 3.

TPUSA Spokesman, Andrew Kolvet, then responded with his own X post blaming former president Joe Biden.

“One of our TPUSA college students gave me his take on affordability: ‘A burrito shouldn’t cost $20,'” Kolvet wrote. “Yeah, a 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.”

Thiessen chimed in with little empathy, writing on X: “Cry me a river. The burritos in the college cafeteria are included in your meal plan.”

The vice president, 42, clapped back in his own X post on Wednesday, August 5: “I’m surprised to hear Mark say this. If you’ve ever met him in person, it’s quite obvious the man has never missed a burrito.”

According to a report on Toasttab.com, the median price of a burrito in June was $13.58. Last June, the price was $13.37, showing a slight increase.

Thiessen is seemingly not a fan of Vance, as he wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post in July titled “Trump’s Iran strategy is working. His vice president’s isn’t.”

The political commentator shared his article on X and explained in the caption, “As Vance publicly undermines the president, he is trying to dissuade Trump from resuming major combat with straw man arguments.”