It’s time to roll up your sleeves, America — but not the kind you’d put on a to-go coffee cup.

Michele Tafoya, a former NBC football reporter who is running to be Minnesota’s Republican Senate candidate, suggested that Americans who are feeling the economic strain of President Donald Trump’s war in Iran should simply forgo their frappuccinos.

“Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks, and so that gas goes a little further, until this thing is over and these gas prices come back down again,” Tafoya said on “The Todd Starnes Radio Show” Wednesday.

What makes Tafoya’s stale avocado toast of a tip even more egregious was the patriotic guilt trip she laid out to make her argument.

Tafoya began by acknowledging that rising gas prices due to the war are “hard,” but also implied that in order to be a good little American, you need to stop your whining and just suck it up.

“I know it’s frustrating, and I know it’s hard for people. What I would say to them is we’ve lost some service members over there who have put their lives on the line to protect us, to protect the region, protect America’s friends in the region,” Tafoya began.

“It used to be during past wars, especially World War II, Americans got behind our servicemen and women, and we did little things to show our support for them,” she continued.

U.S. involvement in both world wars was approved by Congress, however. Trump’s war against Iran, which was launched with Israel on Feb. 28, has not been authorized in the same way.

The reason behind the joint attack is also unclear, so asking Americans to make sacrifices without a unifying or convincing motive doesn’t quite hit like the very explicit and shocking prices do at the gas pump.

But Tafoya persisted and made her Starbucks suggestion.

“Let’s just try to be patriots about this,” she concluded. “Whether you agree with it or not, we’re there and we’ve got to support our men and women in uniform. That’s a big one.”

Oh my god.On the radio, NRSC-endorsed Michele Tafoya says that gas prices are spiking because of the Iran war that she supports and that people should “take one less trip to Starbuck’s” and to “just try to be patriots” about it.#mnsen pic.twitter.com/GOvkgZTqV7

Critics on X were about as impressed with Tafoya’s money-saving idea as they were with Trump’s remark last year that kids will just have to deal with having fewer toys and Americans need to buy fewer pencils because of his trade war with China.

First they came for the dolls at Christmas.Then the pencils. Now coffee…

these are the same people who were ready to overthrow the government because they asked people to wear masks to slow the spread of COVID. But $10 gas is gonna be just fine

Just how patriotic were the people complaining about the price of eggs under Biden??? Can’t hear you!!!

“Let’s be patriots about this” works when our country is attacked. It does not work when WE attack a country that has been two weeks away from a nuke for 40 years.

Take Tofaya's advice and save some gas on election day.

The funny thing, aside from the idiotic statement, is Tafoya should know a large majority of Minnesotans prefer Caribou over Starbucks

This is also not the first time Tafoya has been mocked by critics on the social media platform. While announcing that she was running as a Republican for Minnesota’s open Senate seat in January, she tried to convince people that she was qualified for the position because her experience watching and reporting on football games from the sidelines “taught me about how leadership really works.”

Tafoya’s protest post about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show in February also prompted critics on X to roast her like a coffee bean.

“During halftime tonight, I’m going to do something I’ve never done before: fold laundry,” Tafoya posted on X.

“Headline: Out-of-Touch Congressional Candidate in Minnesota Has Never Folded Laundry Before,” one X user said in response to the post.

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