Perdue Chicken had a busy morning on Saturday, as misdirected outrage reached the brand following Senator David Perdue's mispronunciation of Kamala Harris' name on Friday.
However, others noted that the repeated mispronunciation by Senator Perdue followed by laughs in the audience during Friday's rally adds a mocking and racist element to the incident.
Harris, who is the first Black and first South Asian-American woman on a national party ticket, explains in her biographyDemocratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesperson Helen Kalla called Senator Perdue's actions"disgusting," and referenced his campaign's advertising against Ossoff, which was recently taken down following accusations that it promoted anti-Semitism.
U.S. Republican Senator David Perdue of Georgia speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2017."Senator David Perdue has served in the Senate alongside Vice Presidential nominee and Senator Kamala Harris since 2017. He knows her name and he knows how to say it," she wrote in aon Friday."His disgusting performance today is nothing more than a desperate dog whistle from a losing politician who was already caught running anti-Semitic ads against Jon Ossoff.
"Perdue has shown he lacks the dignity and respect that Georgians deserve from their U.S. senator, and he must immediately apologize," Kalla added.reached out to Perdue Farms for comment, but did not receive a response in time for publication.
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