Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. stepped into a hornet's nest of criticism after mispronouncing Vice President Kamala Harris' name during a CNN panel.
Appearing on "CNN Newsnight" on Thursday, Mace stressed the wrong syllable when pronouncing Harris' name, prompting outrage from Vanderbilt University professor Michael Eric Dyson and Democratic strategist Keith Boykin, both of whom raised their voices to condemn her.
"You're normalizing that kind of viciousness, man," Dyson told Mace, who would insist on pronouncing the vice president's name however she wants.
The eruption of discontent happened during a discussion on Harris' policies, which Mace was attempting to say are the same as President Biden's. In the process, Mace said "Kamala" two different ways, prompting Boykin to respond, "You had it right. You almost got it."
