Texas Republican Representative Dan Crenshaw entered an online dispute over affordability by dismissing complaints about a $20 burrito as “dumb” and telling critics to stop whining, get a job and eat ramen instead. The exchange matters because it exposed disagreement among conservatives over whether rising everyday costs should be treated as a serious political and economic concern.

The argument began after commentator Matt Walsh raised grocery prices and Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet cited a college student’s view that a burrito should not cost $20. Conservative writer Marc Thiessen argued students could use campus meal plans or buy cheaper burritos, while Vice President JD Vance mocked him; Crenshaw’s intervention then drew criticism from some right-wing commentators.