Inflation

A Viral Tweet Set Off a Discourse on $20 Burritos. Here's the Truth About Inflation.

Americans are angry because everyday goods are much more expensive, and politicians think they should “stop whining.”

Reem Ibrahim | 8.6.2026 4:45 PM

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"A burrito shouldn't cost $20."

That's what one Turning Point USA college student recently told the organization's spokesman, Andrew Kolvet, who posted the comment on X in response to conservative pundit Matt Walsh's complaints about rising grocery prices. Kolvet's post garnered a massive response this week, sparking a debate among conservatives about the price of burritos and what the "America First" response should be.

One of our TPUSA college students gave me his take on affordability:

"A burrito shouldn't cost $20."

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. https://t.co/GEvmbea57o

— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) August 4, 2026

Weighing in on the discourse, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro posted: "Current 'common good conservative' inflation messaging: $20 burritos are a human right but also every serious methodology for making them cheaper (i.e. kill the tariffs, break the unions, and deregulate the food supply chain) isn't........

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