Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded Friday, April 5, to critics who accused her of using a fake black accent during her speech at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention.
“Folks talking about my voice can step right off,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “Women’s March & Kavanaugh speech, same. Any kid who grew up in a distinct linguistic culture & had to learn to navigate class enviros at school/work knows what’s up. My Spanish is the same way.”
Folks talking about my voice can step right off. Women’s March & Kavanaugh speech, same.
Any kid who grew up in a distinct linguistic culture & had to learn to navigate class enviros at school/work knows what’s up.
My Spanish is the same way.
These conspiracy mills are ?. https://t.co/8li33Jd6DL
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 5, 2019
“As much as the right wants to distort & deflect, I am from the Bronx,” she continued in another tweet. “I act & talk like it, *especially* when I’m fired up and especially when I’m home. It is so hurtful to see how every aspect of my life is weaponized against me, yet somehow asserted as false at the same time.”
As much as the right wants to distort & deflect, I am from the Bronx. I act & talk like it, *especially* when I’m fired up and especially when I’m home.
It is so hurtful to see how every aspect of my life is weaponized against me, yet somehow asserted as false at the same time.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 5, 2019
To recap, critics felt like AOC laid it on pretty thick during her Friday speech, speaking in an accent she otherwise doesn’t usually use. This was pointed out by Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra, who eventually got blocked after later posting videos that seemed to counter her claim.
“Ocasio-Cortez claims that she used the same accent during her ‘Women’s March & Kavanaugh speech,’” Saavedra tweeted. “This is a lie. Accurately reporting on what she said and how she said it is not a ‘conspiracy mill.’”
Ocasio-Cortez claims that she used the same accent during her “Women’s March & Kavanaugh speech”
This is a lie.
Accurately reporting on what she said and how she said it is not a “conspiracy mill”
Links to those 2 speeches are in subsequent tweets on this thread https://t.co/ruVFAJnMAo
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 5, 2019
Saavedra then tweeted out both speeches to prove his point:
Then, the block:
Regardless, the hits kept coming from critics who saw her sudden speech pattern change as disingenuous.
Rep.@AOC received private tutoring lessons from Hillary Clinton in “Black People Voice Technique” before she spoke at Al Sharptons conference. She had a bottle of hot sauce on standby in her purse in case she needed it.
— Dr.Darrell Scott (@PastorDScott) April 6, 2019
You are not black. Stop the cultural misappropriation AOC. #swidt https://t.co/5gt0JGQiWK
— Stacy Washington (@StacyOnTheRight) April 6, 2019
BS. You have never spoken with that accent ever. Your wacko fans believe whatever you say but anyone that wants to listen to any other speech VS that one is able to see that you are a scam artist. Jenny from the Westchester block. https://t.co/7FbQTZNXFE
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) April 6, 2019
it’s disgusting and racist to talk like that in front of a predominantly Black audience as if they couldn’t otherwise understand. You need to apologize and go to sensitivity classes! https://t.co/MER73SZv8R
— Joe Pags Pagliarulo (@JoeTalkShow) April 6, 2019
By Scott Morefield
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