Vance accuses Harris of pandering to southern crowd

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), former President Donald Trump’s running mate, blasted Vice President Kamala Harris in remarks to reporters before a rally, saying she pandered to southern crowds by utilizing a southern accent.

Harris used one in remarks to a crowd in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday night.

”And you guys saw yesterday she was in Georgia, and she put on a southern accent for a Georgia audience,” Vance said to reporters. “She grew up in Vancouver. What the hell is going on here? She is not who she pretends to be.”

Vance has been under heavy fire in recent days from Democrats for his past comments on “childless cat ladies,” and has been mocked for bizarre allegations involving couches and dolphins.

Harris appeared to use a southern accent when she said, “You all helped us win in 2020 and we gonna do it again in 2024.” She’s from California, and worked in the state as a senator, attorney general, and district attorney among other things.

Vance is likely trying to point out to voters that Harris is being inauthentic with her usage of the fake southern accent.

Trump suggested something similar at the NABJ convention Wednesday, saying she used to be Indian, and now is black. It appears Trump is trying to label her as inauthentic to her racial identity, though.

Vance has been an unpopular vice-presidential choice since Trump chose him with some viewing him as dragging down Trump with voters rather than elevating him. Harris has yet to pick her running mate.

Trump also said at the convention that the vice-presidential pick has not usually mattered to a presidential race. He says that voters are voting for the president rather than the ticket.