Wednesday, September 4, 2024 - US Vice President Kamala Harris has been criticized for using a “fake accent” in her remarks to teachers union members in Michigan on Monday night, September 2.
Harris, speaking at a Detroit high school, appeared to alter
her tone of voice in moments where she became particularly animated and when
interacting with supporters in the crowd.
“You may not be a union
member but you better thank a union member for the five-day work week.
You better thank a union member for sick leave. You better thank a union
member for paid leave. You better thank a union member for vacation time”
Harris said at one point in her remarks that several social media users shared
on X.
To put it into perspective, Kamala Harris, 59, was born in
Oakland, California and raised in the Bay Area before attending Howard
University in Washington, DC., and the University of California’s Hastings
College of the Law in San Francisco.
Harris does not have any apparent Southern roots, as her
father is from Jamaica and her mother was born in India so she can't have a
Southern accent.
The Trump campaign took the opportunity of the moment and
noted that Harris delivered a very similar line hours later, during a speech to
union workers in Pittsburgh, in which the apparent accent wasn’t present.
“Let’s see if you can spot
the difference…” read a post on the Trump campaign’s X account, which included
video clips from both speeches.
“This is SO CRINGE!” comedian
and podcast host Chad Prather wrote on X, sharing a clip of Harris’ Detroit
speech.
“Kamala Harris has again
brought out her FAKE accent…this time in Detroit, Michigan!” he observed. “NO
ONE IS BUYING IT!”
Matt Whitlock, a Republican communications strategist,
argued that “all of politics is a performance to Kamala Harris,” likening her
apparent accent switch to her policy flip-flops.
“She changes fake accents
like she changes policy positions and political personas,” Whitlock wrote on X.
“Today she’s talking in a fake southern accent, pretending to be a moderate.
Next week she’ll be back to San Francisco liberal.”
Comedian Terrence K. Williams charged that Harris was
“pretending to be a black southern woman” by “using a fake accent.”
“She is mocking southern
folks and pandering for votes,” he argued
WATCH: Kamala Harris delivers the same exact line in a speech earlier today in Detroit and again in Pittsburgh a few hours later.
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 2, 2024
Let’s see if you can spot the difference… pic.twitter.com/FCRqCBqcBZ
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