Newsmax’s Rob Finnerty shared his humorous take on the Democrats’ peculiar fixation with ‘shape-shifting’ accent trends.
The Gateway Pundit reported that New York’s socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went on an unhinged rant during a rally for Communist Muslim NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
When AOC took the stage, she busted out a few new accents as she screamed into the microphone on Sunday evening.
Finnerty mocked the accent-shifting habit following the recent NYC Mayoral debate.
“On another note, tonight, the New York City mayoral debate last night, but I’m less interested in what the candidates actually said, and I’m more interested in why we keep doing this,” Finnerty said.
He then played a clip of the opening of the debate. “Government Affairs reporter, Melissa Russo, senior politics editor at Politico, Sally Goldenberg, and Telemundo 47 anchor, Rosarina Bretón. This is a two-hour debate.”
“All right, so we have talked about this, and I just don’t get why we do this, who started it, when this started,” he continued.
“But whenever it is a Spanish name, we are all suddenly required and expected to shapeshift into the perfect Spanish accent. Normal everyday news people do it all the time. They forget years of training. They forget their non-regional diction.”
“That Telemundo anchors, by the way, Rosarina Bretón. Just say Rosarina Bretón. But for whatever reason, we all feel the need to pronounce it like we’re living in Mexico, like we’re living in a country where Spanish is the native tongue.”
“That’s not the case here in the US. Rosarina Bretón. He said it. I couldn’t understand what he was saying.”
“As I’ve said before, I am Irish, and if I was moderating that debate, would the host introduce me as,” he continued in an Irish brogue, “Robert James Finnerty, don’t you know the little lad? That he is Robert James Finnerty.”
“If the host was Chinese, would they then introduce that person with a Chinese accent? I don’t think so.”
“Stop doing it when they’re Spanish. Just stop it.”
“Also, we don’t need to say all three names when they are Spanish. No one describes me as Robert James Finnerty. I’m just Rob Finnerty.”
“We don’t need to say Kilmar Abreu Garcia. It’s just Kilmar Garcia.”
“I don’t know who started this, but enough’s enough. Stop. Just stop.”
Watch:
Newsmax host Rob Finnerty asks why anchors pronounce Spanish-sounding names with an accent, starts talking in an Irish accent to prove how ridiculous it is.
“As I’ve said before, I am Irish. And if I was moderating that debate, would the host introduce me as Robert James… pic.twitter.com/aij9dHZfXV
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 28, 2025
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