As Democrats insist that Vice President Kamala Harris' name is being mispronounced on purpose by her critics, the issue hit a hot spot during a recent CNN segment.
While discussing Harris' presidential campaign on “Anderson Cooper 360” Monday, CNN senior political commentator David Urban said, “We're focusing on Kamala Harris' record.”
“He ran for president before and he ran miserably. He ran miserably. His own campaign staff said, 'We pulled out, this is the worst campaign ever,'” the former Trump adviser continued.
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“The editor of the Sacramento Bee, who previously worked for Kamala Harris, said, 'If you can't run a campaign, how do you expect to run the country?' When you look at his words, we don't have to guess what he's going to deal with, we can just look at his own words, and his positions are incredibly extreme,” Urban added.
“I agree with Bakari. Listen, I don't want to attack Kamala Harris as an individual,” he said, referring to CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers who then interrupted.
“That's not his name! That's not his name. Stop, stop, stop, stop. Stop,” he said, having a meltdown.
“Shame on you Bakari! Because you know me better than that, so shame on you,” Urban replied. “I'm saying let's talk about his record.”
Host Anderson Cooper chimed in.
“Bakari, I want to go to you because you're pointing out the mispronunciation of the name, which may have been a slip by David, but it's something that Trump and everybody, a lot of them do.”
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“We'll text after that. I love David Urban, so that's neither here nor there, but my point is simply this,” Sellers replied.
“There are women in this country who have different names, who are often mispronounced, and all I'm trying to do is set a level and have a level of respect for Kamala Harris, the same level of respect that you and I have for each other, David, and that's my only point,” he concluded.
Democrats criticized the mispronunciation of Harris' first name as a form of insult or racism, although it has been an ongoing issue for her. In 2016, when he was running for Senate, Harris posted a video to help.
“It's not Cam-el-uh. It's not Kuh-ma-la. It's not Karmela,” said a montage of children in the video. “It's Kamala.”
People pronounce my name many different ways. To leave #KidsForKamala show you how it's done. pic.twitter.com/7QoQGN0B4k
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) May 24, 2016
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