Liberal Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is never short of words.
And her mouth was on full display earlier this week at the Democratic National Convention when she gave a fiery speech about working class Americans.
And while the words of her speech were powerful to the Democratic crowd, it’s how she presented them that’s raising some eyebrows.
Because if you listen closely, AOC appears to go off-script and pander to the audience with a bizarre accent that is definitely not natural.
During her speech, she appeared to affect a different voice when she compared Donald Trump with Kamala Harris.
‘I, for one, am tired of hearing about how a two-bit union buster thinks of himself as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to lift working people from under the boots of greed, trampling on our way of life’.
The phrase ‘on our way of life’ caught the ear of many, with AOC adopting a markedly different accent and cadence to deliver it.
She seemed to extend the word ‘life’, prompting some conservatives to, as one account put it, asking: ‘What accent is AOC using here?’
But this isn’t the first time AOC has been caught trying to change her accent to play to a crowd.
In 2023, she was slammed after video re-emerged of her using an accent while addressing Al Sharpton’s civil rights organization.
The liberal lawmaker slipped into a Southern drawl as she told the audience: ‘I’m proud to be a bartender. Ain’t nothing wrong with that.’
The firebrand liberal has defended — and slightly acknowledged — her different tones in speeches.
‘Folks talking about my voice can step right off,’ she once wrote on Twitter. ‘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.’
‘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,’ she continued.
As for her latest accent… did you here this? It’s worth a listen:
AOC speech was cringe. The fake accent was way too much for me. Back snapped. I called it. DNC is cringe as all get out. pic.twitter.com/dbVorXVlnu
— LCTRfan (@LCTRfan) August 20, 2024