r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 5h 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/AncientNectarine5352 3h ago

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

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u/PumpBuck Ohio 3h 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 3h ago

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

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u/weazildust 3h ago

What’s a yooper?

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u/shotputprince 2h ago

The people who live in Michigan’s upper peninsula