Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back at critics of her new accent that she debuted today in front of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention, saying that she sounded the same during her speeches at the Women’s March and opposing Brett Kavanaugh as well as defending the accent as some sort of defense mechanism she’s had to employ over the years:

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

And then she played the victim:

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

LET’S GO TO THE VIDEOTAPE!

Ocasio-Cortez claims that she used the same accent during her "Women’s March & Kavanaugh speech" This is a lie. Accurately reporting on what she said and how she said it is not a "conspiracy mill" Links to those 2 speeches are in subsequent tweets on this thread https://t.co/ruVFAJnMAo — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 5, 2019

You be the judge. . .

Here’s Ocasio-Cortez at the Women’s March:

Here's her Women's March speechhttps://t.co/tlPvYBwuHT — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 5, 2019

And here she is at the Kavanaugh protest (starts at the 55:25 mark):

Here's her speech on Kavanaugh https://t.co/4odidt2LAy — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 5, 2019

Yeah . . . not the same at all.

***