Harris’s supporters accuse Trump and other prominent Republicans of intentionally bungling the pronunciation or using it as a racist dog whistle.
Former president Donald Trump continues to rally supporters while mispronouncing the first name of Vice President Kamala Harris, now his likely Democratic opponent for the White House this fall. CHARLOTTE — In his first mention of the likely Democratic presidential nominee, Donald Trump told a Wednesday night crowd here that “A short time later, tying her to the war in Ukraine, he went with a different variation of her first name: “Kah-MAL-a.
. Bob Unanue, the chief executive of Goya Foods, mockingly uttered “Que mala” — which translates as “so bad” in Spanish. Among the speakers who offered a correct pronunciation: former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley and Usha Vance, the wife of Trump running mate JD Vance — both of whom are Indian American.
“Kamala Harris has even pronounced her name in different ways,” Cheung added. When asked for evidence to support that claim, he did not respond. Other women of color, such as Haley, have used Anglicized names to appeal to a broader base of voters. She was born as Nimarata Nikki Randhawa but adopted her middle name as her first before she went into politics and then dropped her maiden name because it “wouldn’t fit on a yard sign,” as she told the Charlotte Observer in 2010.
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