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‘Indefensible and ugly’: $20 burritos have Tucker Carlson, JD Vance, Ben Shapiro fighting over America’s inflation woes

‘Indefensible and ugly’: $20 burritos have Tucker Carlson, JD Vance, Ben Shapiro fighting over America’s inflation woes

A $20 burrito sparked a political firestorm in America, drawing Tucker Carlson, JD Vance, and Ben Shapiro into the debate. Andrew Kolvet, a spokesman for Turning Point USA, shared a college student's comment that a burrito shouldn't cost $20. While some inflation is a hangover from the pandemic surge, ordinary Americans feel it as basic things cost too much. The debate intensified as Carlson, a wealthy man, acknowledged that inflation matters because you have to eat to live.

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