Burrito bash: Vance takes fat jab at conservative commentator Marc Thiessen

Published August 5, 2026 1:45pm ET | Updated August 5, 2026 1:45pm ET



Vice President JD Vance and former George W. Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen exchanged pointed barbs over concerns about the price of food on college campuses.

Thiessen, who was also a speechwriter for the late Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and has criticized Vance for his leadership in the Trump administration’s peace talks with Iran, dismissed a post on X by Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet about a TPUSA student who complained about burritos costing $20.

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