"It was a joke, Hugh."
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Vice President JD Vance defended his comments about the unaffordability of burritos during a call-in to Hugh Hewitt's Salem News Channel show. "Yesterday you took a punch at Marc online from the burrito thing," Hewitt said, going on to reference a passage from Vance's new book about converting to Catholicism. "So I'm curious, do you ever regret that night that you took a punch at a fellow Catholic in your parish?"
"You know," Vance said, "it was a joke, Hugh. I think there are ways in which you're allowed to punch back, and you're allowed to be a little bit humorous. I'm sure it was not as charitable as I should have been, but, you know, one thing is—look, I think he's a good Catholic."
"I certainly wish him the best," Vance went on to say. "I think he’s been a little unfair to me over the last couple of weeks, and so I decided to hit back with a little spice. I will say that if you read the Gospel, you know, Jesus has remarkable humility. He also has a remarkable way with words. And so I’m always going to fall short of that example, but I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with being a little spicy from time to time. And, you know, maybe in two years you’ll look back and say, 'I wish I hadn’t said that,' but right now I feel pretty good about that."
The whole thing began when Andrew Kolvet from Turning Point USA remarked that "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."
Writer and podcaster Marc Thiessen replied, saying, "Cry me a river. The burritos in the college cafeteria are included in your meal plan."
To which Vice President JD Vance remarked: "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."
Speaking to Lara Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle this week, Vance addressed the rising concerns over affordability and why socialism, which appears to offer many freebies, is gaining more popularity.
"Why is socialism so appealing to a lot of people who, to your point, have lower assets, who don't have the same ownership, who went to universities and were sold a bill of goods?" He asked. "They've got a lot of debt, but they didn't necessarily get the good jobs that came along with that high load. And I think our answer to that, and by the way, you've already seen a lot of it in the Trump administration, is number one: protect American manufacturing.
"The manufacturing economy is the foundation of the middle class. We see this in Europe, we saw it in the United States. Every country that sells its industrial base to the highest foreign bidder loses its middle class and sees socialism come on the back end.
"What I think is actually going to happen is these socialist candidates, they've caught the tail end of an economy that wasn't working for most Americans. Unfortunately for them, the Trump economy has made long-term investments in rebuilding that manufacturing base, and making America energy independent, and actually making it possible to own a home, to have a family, to build the real elements of middle class life."
"You know," Vance said, "it was a joke, Hugh. I think there are ways in which you're allowed to punch back, and you're allowed to be a little bit humorous. I'm sure it was not as charitable as I should have been, but, you know, one thing is—look, I think he's a good Catholic."
"I certainly wish him the best," Vance went on to say. "I think he’s been a little unfair to me over the last couple of weeks, and so I decided to hit back with a little spice. I will say that if you read the Gospel, you know, Jesus has remarkable humility. He also has a remarkable way with words. And so I’m always going to fall short of that example, but I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with being a little spicy from time to time. And, you know, maybe in two years you’ll look back and say, 'I wish I hadn’t said that,' but right now I feel pretty good about that."
The whole thing began when Andrew Kolvet from Turning Point USA remarked that "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."
Writer and podcaster Marc Thiessen replied, saying, "Cry me a river. The burritos in the college cafeteria are included in your meal plan."
To which Vice President JD Vance remarked: "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."
Speaking to Lara Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle this week, Vance addressed the rising concerns over affordability and why socialism, which appears to offer many freebies, is gaining more popularity.
"Why is socialism so appealing to a lot of people who, to your point, have lower assets, who don't have the same ownership, who went to universities and were sold a bill of goods?" He asked. "They've got a lot of debt, but they didn't necessarily get the good jobs that came along with that high load. And I think our answer to that, and by the way, you've already seen a lot of it in the Trump administration, is number one: protect American manufacturing.
"The manufacturing economy is the foundation of the middle class. We see this in Europe, we saw it in the United States. Every country that sells its industrial base to the highest foreign bidder loses its middle class and sees socialism come on the back end.
"What I think is actually going to happen is these socialist candidates, they've caught the tail end of an economy that wasn't working for most Americans. Unfortunately for them, the Trump economy has made long-term investments in rebuilding that manufacturing base, and making America energy independent, and actually making it possible to own a home, to have a family, to build the real elements of middle class life."
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