'Sudden Onset Urban Accent': Kamala Harris Unveils Weird New Voice in Atlanta

Brittany M. Hughes | July 31, 2024

Remember when Hillary Clinton adopted a weird Southern accent back during the 2016 campaign season? Like the time she actually claimed she keeps a bottle of hot sauce in her purse?

Apparently, no one told Kamala Harris that it was bizarre and off-putting back then, and it’s still cringe now.

Harris, who’s been the presumptive Democrat nominee heading into the November election for about two weeks, held her second major campaign event Tuesday night in Atlanta, an effort that featured twerking rappers and a decidedly more urban-sounding vice president.

“You all helped us win in 2020, and we gon’ do it again in twenny-twenny-fo’,” Harris shouted to the largely Black crowd at one point, mimicking a much more…how shall we put this?…urban vibe than her natural voice typically carries.

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The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh said Harris seemed to have developed “Sudden Onset Urban Accent.”

Conservative commentator Greg Price pointed out Harris’ Atlanta accent was a far cry from the polished tone she used when speaking surrounded by gay drag queens in Los Angeles just one week prior.