CHICAGO — Bantering during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang repeatedly got the name of “our current vice president" wrong. Was it “Mika Pints?” or “Paints?” Or maybe “Ponce," Yang suggested.“Yeah, not very American sounding," Yang replied.
Harris' supporters say the pattern amounts to a deliberate effort by Trump and his allies to portray Harris — the daughter of immigrants — as someone who does not belong at the top ranks of politics. The mispronunciations follow a string of attacks that include racist and sexist memes and questioning whether Harris, who was born in California, is eligible to serve as vice president because her mother was Indian and her father Jamaican.
Harris supporters say there is a difference between someone who makes an honest mistake and wants to correct it and people who knowingly mispronounce her name, or who don’t care enough to get it right. But her defenders say Harris is well past the point of introduction — especially with Republican opponents. Harris served as California's attorney general for seven years before being elected to the Senate in 2016. Since then, she's made headlines for tough questioning of Trump appointees and raised her profile even more with her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
Pence pronounced Harris’ name correctly during an appearance on Fox News on Friday, hours after the exchange between Louis-Dreyfus and Yang.
But, of course they do. bottomfeeding
They see racism in toilet paper !
They see racism in EVERYTHING. it’s their favorite excuse
Instead of cursive, the blind left will introduce 'Diversity Enunciations 101' in kindergarten....
Camela the cheater is in good company with Joe the cheater
Doesnt matter how they pronounced her name, as long as she wins. Period.
They will see racism in everything for the next 8,000,000 years.
the people who work will pay for the people who do work
What else would you call this blatant disrespect?
We don’t care how they pronounce her name. They will be calling her Vice President in a few months.
Soo, what your saying is Biden is a racist?
Call it what you want, but it’s a pathetic and predictable effort to diminish her value. I bet realDonaldTrump and VP have no trouble pronouncing “Kilimnik”
Funny how no one noticed this before and it only becomes an issue 90 days before the election. It's pronounced COMMIE-LA. Get it right, you racists
Except when Biden does it.
This is not news reporting this is stoking the fires of hatred amongst people that are in pain and have been hurt in their lifetime Yahoo! News should be held accountable for this type of action
So people with impediments are they racist because they don’t enunciate according to Democrats standards
I can’t say aluminum real well so am I racist against metal now
Democratic‘a see racism in everything, because they are the racist ones. If I call everyone that mispronounce my name a racist, the whole world beside my home country would be racist. Come on stop playing this racist crap 💩
KamalaQueMala
Shut up. This story is as irrelevant as Joe Biden’s run for presidency.
Of course it is. It's not like Kamala is a difficult name to pronounce. The GOP has got all the racist in their corner - they just have to motivate them to vote.
Well Biden has shown racist tendencies in the past, during his lifetime probably has not been around a lot of people of color that would explain his difficulty in pronouncing her name.
Democrats see racism in everything. It’s called identity politics which they have been using for over 25 years.
Democrats see racism in a fruit fly if it lands on the presidents side of the table!
Koala Harris