Republican Senator mispronounces Kamala Harris’ name

Washington, Oct 17 : A Republican Senator from the state of Georgia mispronounced Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ name, leading to racism accusations.
While speaking against the Democrats at President Donald Trump’s re-election rally on Friday in Macon, Georgia, Senator David Perdue called Harris “Kah-mah-la or Kah-ma-la or Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever”, The Hill news website reported.
Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican-African immigrant heritage, is the first woman of colour to be on a major party’s national ticket.
Perdue’s remark has led to widespread criticism on social media and Democrats have also called on the Senator to apologize.
Taking to Twitter, Democrat Jon Ossoff, who is running against Perdue in Georgia’s Senate race, said: “”My opponent, GOP Sen. David Perdue of anti-Semitic attack ad infamy, just mocked Sen. Harris’ name as ‘Kamala-mala-mala-whatever’ at a Trump rally. We are so much better than this.
“Senator Perdue never would have done this to a male colleague. Or a white colleague. And everyone knows it.”