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