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  • Ocasio-Cortez Shuts Down Accent Critics: I’m From The Bronx, I Talk Like It (Step off!)

    04/06/2019 7:03:45 AM PDT · by Libloather · 80 replies
    Huffpost ^ | 4/06/19 | Lee Moran
    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has fired back at conservative critics who accused her of adopting a faux “Southern drawl” for her speech at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention in New York on Friday. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that “folks talking about my voice can step right off.” “Any kid who grew up in a distinct linguistic culture & had to learn to navigate class enviros at school/work knows what’s up,” she added. “My Spanish is the same way.”