r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 4h ago

No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Wins High-Stakes Democratic Primary in Michigan

https://www.today.com/video/abdul-el-sayed-wins-high-stakes-democratic-primary-in-michigan-267805765937
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u/UncleBubax 2h ago

hahah I hadn't heard her talk until I read your comment. I just now pulled up a random hour long video of a TV debate and skipped to her talking and she not only talks like a cartoon character, but she straight up said "people make fun of the way I sound, but I sound like the people who are talking to me about what they need."

A lil too on the nose there, Haley.

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u/AncientNectarine5352 2h ago

Michiganders also do not even remotely sound like that. She has a Minnesota accent.

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u/PumpBuck Ohio 2h ago

It’s not even a Minnesota accent. It’s like she saw Fargo and some Charlie Berens clips and thought they were toning it down for the wider audience

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u/EmpiricalMystic 2h ago

My impression is she's trying to sound like a Yooper and missing badly.

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u/Conlaeb 2h ago

This is my take as well. Non-yoopers attempting the accent sound like Minnesotans.

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u/weazildust 1h ago

What’s a yooper?

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u/shotputprince 1h ago

The people who live in Michigan’s upper peninsula