So twisted.
Via Daily Wire:
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) came up with a new excuse for the accent she used while addressing a black audience on Friday, suggesting that she had to “code switch” it because there would be “costs” associated with not doing it.
Ocasio-Cortez, who was condemned by many African-Americans for using the accent, initially claimed that those who were calling her out for the accent were trying to “distort” and “deflect” and that it was all a conspiracy theory.
The 29-year-old congresswoman — who regularly refers to those on the political Right as racists, white supremacists, and xenophobes — added that it was “so hurtful” that people would criticize her for using an accent.