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  1. MARIS61

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    AOC mocked for ‘accent’ at Sharpton event; compared to Hillary Clinton
    By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News

    U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., faced backlash Friday after seeming to develop a new accent while speaking to a predominantly black audience in New York City.

    In an appearance at the annual convention of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, the freshman congresswoman responded to those who’ve invoked her past employment as a bartender in what she said were attempts to delegitimize her status as an elected official.

    “I'm proud to be a bartender. Ain't nothing wrong with that,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “There's nothing wrong with working retail, folding clothes for other people to buy. There is nothing wrong with preparing the food that your neighbors will eat. There is nothing wrong with driving the buses that take your family to work. There is nothing wrong with being a working person in the United States of America and there is everything dignified about it."

    “I'm proud to be a bartender. Ain't nothing wrong with that.”

    — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
    She added that she feels “encouraged” when people remind her of her past because it shows that if she can “work in a restaurant and become a member of the United States Congress, so can you.”

    Many on Twitter, however, said they detected that Ocasio-Cortez seemed to be speaking with a different “accent.”

    Some even compared the self-described Democratic socialist to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, whose dialect also seemed to shift on the campaign trail when spoke to different audiences.
     
  2. Lanny

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    That would be saying something considering the people Trump knows.
     
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    Who is your source? A Fox News entertainment spokesman?
     
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    I'm shocked that Fox News would say something like that.
    They must hate Trump's mimic of the way Sessions talked with his Southern drawl.
     
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    The video itself.
     
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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    Fox news huh? Must be doctored.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Nah. They got rid of "Dr." Gorka.

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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    Hahahaha. Lemme laugh and laugh before riverman sees this.

    Oh...
     
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    Doesn't Trump's mockery of Attorney General Sessions' Southern accent deserve some sort of condemnation? I mean his mockery was worse than Occasio's and not a peep out of Trump supporters.
     
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    Sessions is white.
     
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    Does that make it okay?
     
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    What's the significance, by the way, of making the first letter of every word in the thread title lower case? It's evocative of, but not quite, the Spongebob mocking meme...but that would be even more confusing. Is MARIS61 mocking all the people who think AOC is entirely fake?
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Just when you think you've got old Marisito figured out, he throws you a curveball to keep you guessing.
     
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    You can't culturally appropriate white people.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I think someone, possibly me, had criticized him the day before about overuse of upper case, and this was his response.

    barfo
     
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    Obviously. White people don't have a culture to appropriate.
     
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    Uhhh white culture IS appropriation.

    U got? We want.
     
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    So, it is okay?
     
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    Yes.
     
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