(Fox News) Vice President Kamala Harris raised eyebrows during her Labor Day rally in Detroit, Michigan, unveiling what critics call a new “accent.”
Harris spent her Monday holiday in the Motor City hoping to shore up blue-collar union workers in the critical battleground state that she wants to keep blue in the November election.
“You better thank a union member for the five-day work week,” Harris told the crowd with a noticeable shift in her dialect. “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.”
The conservative X account Johnny MAGA shared a clip knocking Harris’ “Detroit speak,” calling the VP “cringe and fake.”
Kamala Harris just brought back the “Detroit speak”
So freaking cringe and fake pic.twitter.com/9kXCRXEdy2
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) September 2, 2024
Flanked by labor union leaders, Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to union workers during a campaign event on September 02, 2024 at Northwestern High School in Detroit, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“This is her seventh new accent in four weeks,” Trump senior advisor Stephen Miller reacted. “She has literally never used this accent before. She grew up in Canada. Phoniest politician in all of politics.”
“There are countless traits that I despise in humans, few as much as inauthenticity,” professor and podcast host Gad Saad wrote.
“All of politics is a performance to Kamala Harris,” GOP strategist Matt Whitlock said. “She changes fake accents like she changes policy positions and political personas. Today she’s talking in a fake southern accent, pretending to be a moderate. Next week she’ll be back to San Francisco liberal.”
This is her seventh new accent in four weeks. She has literally never used this accent before. She grew up in Canada. Phoniest politician in all of politics. https://t.co/AZ6voEGUOk
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) September 2, 2024
There are countless traits that I despise in humans, few as much as inauthenticity (as I explain in my happiness book).https://t.co/BsOGzwjVRY https://t.co/vMP0sENnyA
— Gad Saad (@GadSaad) September 2, 2024
All of politics is a performance to Kamala Harris. She changes fake accents like she changes policy positions and political personas.
Today she’s talking in a fake southern accent, pretending to be a moderate. Next week she’ll be back to San Francisco liberal. https://t.co/gtRCW1hx9P
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) September 2, 2024
