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Fox News reporter Peter Doocy grilled White House press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about Vice President Kamala Harris’s switching fake accents on the campaign trail.
Harris, the Democrat presidential nominee, has been accused of adopting a fake “southern accent” as she tries to appeal to black voters.
On some occasions, Harris has been accused of impersonating Barack Obama.
While she was campaigning in Detroit this week, Harris changed her accent when the same lines were compared to her speech in Pittsburgh.
Videos highlighting the difference on social media have led to people accusing Harris of pandering.
During the White House press briefing on Tuesday, Doocy sought answers about the switching voice.
“Since when does the vice president have what sounds like a Southern accent?” Doocy asked Jean-Pierre.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” she claimed, despite the viral videos on social media and an online backlash over Harris’s fake accent.
“Do you think Americans seriously think this is an important question?”
Jean-Pierre continued to dismiss the question and suggested Americans don’t care about Harris’ accents.
She insisted Americans are more concerned about the economy — which, under the Biden-Harris administration, hit record-high inflation in 2022 and continues to struggle.
The press secretary said Doocy’s question “sounds so ridiculous.”
Doocy fired back to suggest that hearing Harris’s accent might be what’s ridiculous.