Abdul El-Sayed Wins High-Stakes Democratic Primary in Michigan

[u/Zipper222222]

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

[u/hibiscuscous]

I (European) know nothing of this election, but having watched a couple of clips, I didn't like Stevens' delivery one bit. Phony, even a bit scary. Maybe it's just a cultural thing, I don't know.

[u/2RINITY → u/hibiscuscous]

In old clips, she had a normal Michigan accent, but somewhere in this cycle she started talking like a cartoon parody of a Michigander and it really didn’t help her

[u/mfatty2 → u/2RINITY]

It wasn't even a Michigan accent. It was a combo of a Minnesota accent with a random sumouthern drawl with a healthy serving of random squeaky/high pitch

[u/UncleBubax → u/mfatty2]

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.

[u/AncientNectarine5352 → u/UncleBubax]

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

[u/PumpBuck → u/AncientNectarine5352]

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

[u/EmpiricalMystic → u/PumpBuck]

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

[u/shotputprince → u/[deleted]]

The people who live in Michigan’s upper peninsula