Dan Crenshaw Sparks MAGA Backlash Over '$20 Burrito' Post, Telling Voters to Eat Ramen
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Aug 6
Dan Crenshaw Sparks MAGA Backlash Over '$20 Burrito' Post, Telling Voters to Eat Ramen
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Aug 6
Summary
Crenshaw drew blowback Wednesday after dismissing the right’s affordability debate as a “dumb $20 burrito” fight and telling struggling Americans to “stop whining” and “eat Ramen.”
The post dropped him into an already heated conservative feud that began with complaints about grocery prices, then escalated when Marc Thiessen mocked students and JD Vance attacked Thiessen over his weight.
Alex Bruesewitz and Ryan James Girdusky turned the backlash personal, arguing Crenshaw should not give messaging advice and reviving his loss by double digits in a Republican primary in Texas.
Eduardo Neret cast the episode as a broader MAGA contradiction, saying conservatives dismiss ordinary voters’ cost-of-living concerns while responding quickly when donors complain about labor costs.