Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drew criticism on social media after debuting a new "fake" accent while slandering President Trump as a "rapist" and criminal.
AOC (D-NY) was speaking at a "Fighting Oligarchy" rally alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). A rally almost certainly not named by the Empire State's socialist darling since, at six total syllables, it is about five syllables longer than phrases she typically uses.
The latest cadence and twang came as the Democratic leader attacked Trump during an appearance in Nampa, Idaho.
“Donald Trump is a criminal who was found guilty of 34 felony counts of fraud, liable for sexual abuse,” she said. “Of course, he’s lying and abusing and manipulating the stock market, too. When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror.”
🚨AOC is pretending to have some sort of strange accent.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 15, 2025
This is exactly what Kamala Harris did on the campaign trail.
Why do they do this? pic.twitter.com/lXpOClW1rh
The first issue is, of course, that Ocasio-Cortez just accused President Trump of something that got ABC News into some hot water in recent months. ABC was forced to fork over a $15 million settlement after anchor George Stephanopoulos made a similar accusation.
That said, social media was abuzz over the new accent.
"AOC is so fake! Cringe!" one viewer wrote. "Democrats are never winning another election. Without saying Trump, Elon or Republicans…what is the Democrat's message?"
Conservative commentator Paul Szypula added, "AOC is such a fraud. She never fails."
"I'll never understand why leftists don't see right through this BS," another critic wondered. "Fake and pandering."
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AOC Responds to Criticism of Her Fake Southern Black Accent and She's Not Happy
This isn't the first time the Squad member and leader has been accused of breaking out weird fake accents for seemingly no reason. At this past summer's Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, AOC broke out some cringeworthy Southern accents for the masses.
“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,” she spat.
Socialist AOC busts out that SOUTHERN TWANG!
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 20, 2024
🥴 pic.twitter.com/73xKE8lTdS
Go ahead and pause that video at precisely the 14-second mark. Then, be prepared to lie back on a couch and describe the image that has been haunting you to your therapist.
Yikes.
Back in 2019 - can you believe this woman has been a member of Congress that long? - she was accused of using "blaccent" while speaking to Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
Ocasio-Cortez speaks in an accent that she never uses while telling a room of predominately black people that there is nothing wrong with them folding clothes, cooking, and driving other people around on a bus for a living. pic.twitter.com/FIbIAPokt0
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 5, 2019
A recent poll shows that Democrat voters feel Ocasio-Cortez best reflects the core values of the resistance party today. This bodes well for Republicans in 2026 and beyond, no matter what accent she uses next.
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