Will CNN vilify Bill Clinton for mispronouncing ‘Kamala’ the way it did Nancy Mace?

Published August 22, 2024 10:03am ET



Democrats and left-wingers throughout the country have insinuated that anyone who mispronounces the first name of Vice President Kamala Harris is engaging in racial bigotry, systemic racism, or white supremacy. It’s hard to figure out which one exactly because Democrats keep changing the prerequisites of their performative outrage and hyperbolic hysteria associated with each. Nevertheless, one thing remains certain: mispronouncing “Kamala” is a no-no. Just ask Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who was vilified for her mispronunciation of “Kamala” during a panel discussion on CNN last week. 

That is, however, unless you are a former president of the United States who spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night. This is precisely what former President Bill Clinton did. Yet, a funny thing happened when Clinton mispronounced “Kamala”: There was absolute silence from Democrats. There was no fire or brimstone or lightning strikes from the heavens. There was a conspicuous silence and a lack of outrage from the Left. It raises the question, of course, will any left-wing media call Clinton a racist for mispronouncing “Kamala”? 

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