United States Vice President Kamala Harris was mocked on social media for appearing to use French accent while speaking to scientists in Paris. The Democrat is on a four-day visit to France, a step to mend relations with one of America’s oldest allies, after the formation of AUKUS- a deal that dented their relations. 

Talking at a COVID-19 lab at the Pasteur Institute in Paris on Tuesday, Harris affected what many described as a French accent, Fox News reported. 

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“One of the things people in politics and government should really take from the approach of scientists — scientists operate with a hypothesis. I love that,” the VP said.

“A hypothesis. It’s well-thought-out, it’s well-planned, they start out with a hypothesis and then they test it out knowing invariably, you’re trying something for the first time, there will be glitches, there will be mistakes,” she continued.

“Then everyone gets together, no one gets beat up about it, you analyze it — what went wrong, re-evaluate, update the hypothesis and start again,” Harris added. 

She then mocked how pols always stick to “The Plan.”

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“In government, we campaign with ‘The Plan,’” she said. “Uppercase T, uppercase P, ‘The Plan’! And then the environment is such we’re expected to defend ‘The Plan’ even when the first time we roll it out there may be some glitches and it’s time to re-evaluate and then do it again.”

However, soon after her address, social media users called out her French accent.

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“Is she using a FRENCH ACCENT?! I love this episode of Veep,” Abigail Marone, press secretary for Senator Josh Hawley, said on Twitter.

“There really are no words anymore… #AuRevoir,” political columnist Joe Concha said. 

“I wonder if she practice accents with her child actor friends’, alluding to the science video she appeared in alongside child actors,” GOP strategist Matt Whitlock questioned.