Following the breadcrumbs dropped by former President Donald Trump when he questioned the authenticity of Vice President Kamala Harris‘s racial identity (“she happened to turn Black”), Fox News journalist Peter Doocy used his time at a recent White House press briefing to question White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about Harris’s intonation — what he called her “Southern accent” and “Southern drawl” — at a campaign event.
“Since when does the Vice President have what sounds like a Southern accent?” Doocy asked.
When Jean-Pierre refused to grant legitimacy or import to his question, Doocy tried to clarify, saying: [Harris] was talking about unions in Detroit using one tone of voice. She used the same line in Pittsburgh and it sounded like she at least had some kind of a Southern drawl…”
Doocy: Since when does the VP have what sounds like a southern accent?
KJP: Do you hear the question? Do you think Americans seriously think this is an important question? pic.twitter.com/W7a6SJnwDa
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 3, 2024
Jean-Pierre asked rhetorically in response: “Do you think Americans seriously think this is an important question?” Listing issues she asserted Americans do really care about, Jean-Pierre called Doocy’s question “just insane.”
Here is Harris in Pittsburgh, speaking at the event Doocy refers to:
Vice President Harris: I agree with President Biden. U.S. Steel should remain American-owned and American-operated. And when I am President, I will continue to have the backs of America’s steelworkers and all union workers pic.twitter.com/8sIOu1gKmo
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 2, 2024
Below is Trump setting up the narrative path to questioning Harris’s heritage, following a playbook he used effectively to cast doubt on the citizenship of former President Barack Obama. (Trump used his “birther” accusations against Obama, repeatedly questioning the legitimacy of Obama’s birth certificate, to help propel his own national political career and seed the MAGA movement.)
Related Posts:
- Fox News Host Smacks Down Trump Campaign Abortion Claim News GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that Democrats are in favor of infanticide — or what he calls abortion “after the baby is born.” Though Trump has made the claim on multiple media platforms, his post-birth abortion rhetoric is usually reserved for partisan rally crowds. When he was…
- Sam Fox, 58, arrives at court for sentencing over drunken outburst on BA flight – as charge for ‘punching wife’ dropped News PAGE 3 legend Sam Fox has arrived at court for sentencing over a drunken outburst on a BA flight. The model, 58, was on a flight from Heathrow Airport to Munich in Germany in December when the chaos erupted. PASam Fox has arrived at court for sentencing over a drunken outburst on a plane[/caption] A charge…
- Concord on PS5 and PC shut down by Sony in biggest PlayStation flop ever Entertainment Concord – it didn’t even last a fortnight (YouTube) After weeks and months of bad publicity, Sony has admitted that live service game Concord ‘didn’t land the way we’d intended.’ It’s been obvious since launch that Sony’s live service game Concord has been a flop, with a pitifully small number…
- My care home shut down but I STILL live here all on my own – it’s like being in a horror film News A DISABLED woman is living all by herself in a huge care home after it closed down and all the other residents were forced to move out. Jackie Kennedy, 53, says her life has turned into a horror film since the Blue Ribbon assisted living complex shut – leaving her…
- Concord players are acting like lemmings as they rush to get platinum trophy before shut down Entertainment Concord’s flight is officially over (Sony Interactive Entertainment) After Sony announced it will take Concord offline, players are desperately trying to grind for the platinum trophy before it’s shuttered. Although it’s already impossible to buy Concord, after the shock announcement that Sony is shutting it down – because it failed…
(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)