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Kamala Harris blasted for using her ‘fake accent’ on Saturday Night Live

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Kamala Harris came under fire for using her 'fake accent' during her surprise appearance on SNL on Saturday night.

Kamala Harris came under fire for using her ‘fake accent’ during her surprise appearance on SNL on Saturday night.

The vice president has increasingly faced accusations of using a “fake accent” in recent weeks, but with the 2024 presidential election just days away, she can’t afford to lose support, especially among Black voters and more. young people, both key to any victory.

‘Kamala Harris spent three hours rehearsing for this cringe-fest on SNL. Complete with the fake black accent. This is a difficult watch. OMG,” one poster wrote.

“Just hearing Kamala’s fake accent lowered my credit score by 50 points,” another added.

“Kamala has a new accent, those fake accents would be bad enough if she was half decent with them but this is just pathetic, you know it’s bad if I’m embarrassed by her,” added a third.

Kamala Harris came under fire for using her ‘fake accent’ during her surprise appearance on SNL on Saturday night.

The vice president, on the right, has faced accusations of

The vice president, right, has faced accusations of a “fake accent” in recent weeks, but with the 2024 presidential election just days away, she can’t afford to lose any support.

While Harris is of Jamaican and Indian descent, she is still mocked for pulling a ‘blaccent’ because she changes her voice and speaking pattern depending on the race, class, and other demographics of her audience.

Last week, the vice president came under fire online for using a “fake accent” to preach to a predominantly black audience.

While speaking at a church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, social media users highlighted a point where they said Harris began speaking like a Southern Baptist preacher and quoted from the Bible’s book of Psalms.

‘Weeping will last for a night, but joy will come in the morning. The road may seem hard, the work may seem heavy, but joy comes in the morning. And church morning is on the way,” Harris said in a widely shared clip.

‘Holy shit. “Kamala just outed a preacher with an MLK-style accent in a Philadelphia church,” wrote a pro-Trump account on X. “This is the craziest one yet. She’s incredibly fake.”

Kamala Harris blasted for using her fake accent on Saturday

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Kamala Harris, seen at right, was also criticized for her laugh in a surprise cameo on SNL.

Kamala Harris, seen at right, was also criticized for her laugh in a surprise cameo on SNL.

Pro-Trump social media accounts not only say the accent is made up, but they also accuse Harris of being a “fake” person.

‘Kamala just introduced a new accent at a Philadelphia church. “Everything about this woman is fake,” TikTok’s Libs wrote on her X account.

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Harris has for months faced a barrage of hate from pro-Trump users who claim her accent code-switching is offensive to Black voters and a slap in the face to Americans.

Last week, Harris faced accusations of employing an accent to appeal to the crowd she speaks to; this time, the voice of a

Last week, Harris faced accusations of employing an accent to appeal to the crowd she speaks to; this time, the voice of a “preacher” in a church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Harris applauds during a service at the Church of Christian Compassion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just nine days before the 2024 presidential election.

Harris applauds during a service at the Church of Christian Compassion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just nine days before the 2024 presidential election.

In September, Harris faced accusations of using an urban accent to engage with working-class voters in Detroit, Michigan.

“You may not be a union member, but you better thank a union member for the five-day work week,” Harris said in a tone of voice atypical of the one he uses in his usual speeches.

She continued: ‘You better thank a union member for the sick leave. You better thank a union member for the paid leave. You better thank a union member for the vacation.

At another point, an audience member shouted something about Harris’ future beyond the 2024 election.

The vice president, still employing this new accent, responded with a big smile and laugh before leaning over the podium and saying, “Let’s go through the next 64 days.”

“Kamala’s new accent just came out,” one user wrote on X at the time.

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