Nathalie Baptiste is based in Washington, DC and was previously a reporter and columnist at Mother Jones.
As the presidential election gets closer and polls show former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in a tight race, conservative pundits are testing out a new line of attack on Harris.Jean-Pierre quickly shot down Doocy’s question and moved on, but conservative pundits are still treating Doocy’s premise — that Harris, who was born in Northern California, is using a fake accent — as a national incident.
But conservatives who are trying to use Harris’ ability to code-switch as a line of attack are feigning ignorance. It’s something presidential hopefuls of various backgrounds and political ideologies have deployed during their campaigns. For example, former President George W. Bush usedThe dustup is also reminiscent of how conservative media treated the first Black president.delivered a speech, largely using Black dialect, to a mostly Black audience in Hampton, Virginia.
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