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2024-08-17 03:03:09 UTC
Social Media Reacts To Nancy Mace's 'Embarrassing' Effort To Mispronounce
'Kamala'
People were stunned at the Republican's response after she was called out
for saying Vice President Kamala Harris' name incorrectly.
Kimberley Richards
By
Kimberley Richards
Aug 16, 2024, 05:09 PM EDT
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People on social media are calling out embarrassing behavior by Rep.
Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who went out of her way to repeatedly mispronounce
Vice President Kamala Harris name during an appearance on CNN.
On Thursdays broadcast of NewsNight With Abby Phillip, Mace criticized
Harris over several policy issues, and she accused the Democratic
presidential nominee of not knowing what a woman is.
At one point in the discussion, fellow guest panelist Michael Eric Dyson, a
professor of African American studies at Vanderbilt University, was
evaluating the Democrats campaign strategy when Mace interjected to attack
Harris record in the U.S. Senate and as vice president.
The Republican initially pronounced Kamala correctly, before she appeared
to quickly change course and say her name with an emphasis on the second
syllable instead of the first.
Harris, who has made clear numerous times how she says her name, has
previously suggested remembering its pronunciation as comma-la. A
traditional pronunciation of the Indian name is closer to comla.
When other CNN panelists called out the mispronunciation, Mace snapped back
with I will say Kamalas name any way that I want to.
Dyson and another guest panelist, Keith Boykin a former White House aide
during Bill Clintons presidency then chastised Mace for being
inappropriate and disrespectful.
Dyson also charged that, even if it wasnt her intent, Maces
mispronunciation of Harris name was an example of the history and legacy
of white disregard for the humanity of Black people.
Oh, so now youre calling me racist. That is BS. That is complete BS,
Mace responded.
I just said you werent a racist, Dyson replied, before the two engaged
in a back-and-forth.
Mace had mispronounced Harris name at multiple points earlier in the
segment as well, with her fellow panelists making various attempts to
correct her.
Guest panelist Marc Lotter, who served as the director of communications
for Donald Trumps 2020 presidential campaign, apologized for
mispronouncing the vice presidents name elsewhere in the show.
I even studied how to say that, and I messed it up, he said. I
understand, my apologies.
Meanwhile, Trump, who routinely mispronounces the vice presidents first
name, has also doubled down.
The Republican presidential nominee told a conservative Christian group
during a speech in Florida last month that he didnt care that he
mispronounces her name.
[It] doesnt matter what I say, he said at the time, while also
suggesting that he doesnt say her name incorrectly on purpose.
I couldnt care less if I mispronounce it or not. I couldnt care less,
he continued.
People on X, formerly Twitter, were stunned by Maces apparent insistence
on saying Harris name incorrectly on CNN.
Nancy Mace is embarrassing herself because she refuses to condemn Trumps
racism and she refuses to pronounce Kamala correctly, one X user wrote.
Mace responded to some of the backlash, writing Friday on X that the most
unhinged, sexist, left-winged radicals hyperfixated about how I pronounce
Kamalas name last night.
'Kamala'
People were stunned at the Republican's response after she was called out
for saying Vice President Kamala Harris' name incorrectly.
Kimberley Richards
By
Kimberley Richards
Aug 16, 2024, 05:09 PM EDT
ERROR LOADING
People on social media are calling out embarrassing behavior by Rep.
Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who went out of her way to repeatedly mispronounce
Vice President Kamala Harris name during an appearance on CNN.
On Thursdays broadcast of NewsNight With Abby Phillip, Mace criticized
Harris over several policy issues, and she accused the Democratic
presidential nominee of not knowing what a woman is.
At one point in the discussion, fellow guest panelist Michael Eric Dyson, a
professor of African American studies at Vanderbilt University, was
evaluating the Democrats campaign strategy when Mace interjected to attack
Harris record in the U.S. Senate and as vice president.
The Republican initially pronounced Kamala correctly, before she appeared
to quickly change course and say her name with an emphasis on the second
syllable instead of the first.
Harris, who has made clear numerous times how she says her name, has
previously suggested remembering its pronunciation as comma-la. A
traditional pronunciation of the Indian name is closer to comla.
When other CNN panelists called out the mispronunciation, Mace snapped back
with I will say Kamalas name any way that I want to.
Dyson and another guest panelist, Keith Boykin a former White House aide
during Bill Clintons presidency then chastised Mace for being
inappropriate and disrespectful.
Dyson also charged that, even if it wasnt her intent, Maces
mispronunciation of Harris name was an example of the history and legacy
of white disregard for the humanity of Black people.
Oh, so now youre calling me racist. That is BS. That is complete BS,
Mace responded.
I just said you werent a racist, Dyson replied, before the two engaged
in a back-and-forth.
Mace had mispronounced Harris name at multiple points earlier in the
segment as well, with her fellow panelists making various attempts to
correct her.
Guest panelist Marc Lotter, who served as the director of communications
for Donald Trumps 2020 presidential campaign, apologized for
mispronouncing the vice presidents name elsewhere in the show.
I even studied how to say that, and I messed it up, he said. I
understand, my apologies.
Meanwhile, Trump, who routinely mispronounces the vice presidents first
name, has also doubled down.
The Republican presidential nominee told a conservative Christian group
during a speech in Florida last month that he didnt care that he
mispronounces her name.
[It] doesnt matter what I say, he said at the time, while also
suggesting that he doesnt say her name incorrectly on purpose.
I couldnt care less if I mispronounce it or not. I couldnt care less,
he continued.
People on X, formerly Twitter, were stunned by Maces apparent insistence
on saying Harris name incorrectly on CNN.
Nancy Mace is embarrassing herself because she refuses to condemn Trumps
racism and she refuses to pronounce Kamala correctly, one X user wrote.
Mace responded to some of the backlash, writing Friday on X that the most
unhinged, sexist, left-winged radicals hyperfixated about how I pronounce
Kamalas name last night.