Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has fired back at conservative critics who accused her of adopting a faux “Southern drawl” for her speech at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention in New York on Friday. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that “folks talking about my voice can step right off.” “Any kid who grew up in a distinct linguistic culture & had to learn to navigate class enviros at school/work knows what’s up,” she added. “My Spanish is the same way.”

Folks talking about my voice can step right off. Women’s March & Kavanaugh speech, same.



Any kid who grew up in a distinct linguistic culture & had to learn to navigate class enviros at school/work knows what’s up.



My Spanish is the same way.



These conspiracy mills are 🚮. https://t.co/8li33Jd6DL — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 5, 2019

In a second tweet posted Friday, Ocasio-Cortez highlighted how she is from the Bronx. “I act & talk like it, *especially* when I’m fired up and especially when I’m home,” she continued. Ocasio-Cortez also said it was “so hurtful” to see “how every aspect of my life is weaponized against me yet somehow asserted as false at the same time.”

As much as the right wants to distort & deflect, I am from the Bronx. I act & talk like it, *especially* when I’m fired up and especially when I’m home.



It is so hurtful to see how every aspect of my life is weaponized against me, yet somehow asserted as false at the same time. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 5, 2019