David Perdue knows exactly how to say Kamala Harris' name, and we all know it
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“Comma-la.” That is how you say Sen. Kamala Harris’ name. She says it correctly every time she introduces herself. The media gets it right, mostly. Yet because she’s Black, because she’s Indian, because she’s a woman, and because she’s a DeDavid Perdue knows exactly how to say Kamala Harris' name, and we all know it
“Comma-la.” That is how you say Sen. Kamala Harris’ name. She says it correctly every time she introduces herself. The media gets it right, mostly. Yet because she’s Black, because she’s Indian, because she’s a woman, and because she’s a Democrat about to be vice president, Republicans are making a point to mispronounce her name, all in the hopes of knocking her down a few pegs through the petty act of othering. Donald Trump’s rally of desperation in Macon, Georgia, on Friday was an absolute shitshow. Chants of “Lock them up” as the impeached president grinned. Wrongful declarations that the pandemic was over. A gotdang “Democrat” state senator crowd-surfing in a suit and without a mask. And as the opening act to the gold-plated president’s ego-strokefest, we saw the willful othering of a U.S. senator and vice presidential candidate by a Republican surrogate who is as desperate to keep his seat as the super spreader’s orange-tinged headliner. Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue’s communications director sent out something resembling an apology after he got called out far and wide for his nasty mocking of his colleague’s name. “(H)e didn't mean anything by it,” John Burke tweeted Friday evening, before launching into a diatribe about “the radical socialist agenda” and Perdue’s opponent, Daily Kos-endorsed Democrat Jon Ossoff. To quote the fearless Emma Gonzalez, I call BS. Read more