Social Media Reacts To Nancy Mace's 'Embarrassing' Effort To Mispronounce 'Kamala'

People were stunned at the Republican's response after she was called out for saying Vice President Kamala Harris' name incorrectly.

People on social media are calling out “embarrassing” behavior by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who went out of her way to repeatedly mispronounce Vice President Kamala Harris’ name during an appearance on CNN.

On Thursday’s broadcast of “NewsNight With Abby Phillip,” Mace criticized Harris over several policy issues, and she accused the Democratic presidential nominee of not knowing “what a woman is.”

At one point in the discussion, fellow guest panelist Michael Eric Dyson, a professor of African American studies at Vanderbilt University, was evaluating the Democrat’s campaign strategy when Mace interjected to attack Harris’ record in the U.S. Senate and as vice president.

The Republican initially pronounced “Kamala” correctly, before she appeared to quickly change course and say her name with an emphasis on the second syllable instead of the first.

Harris, who has made clear numerous times how she says her name, has previously suggested remembering its pronunciation as “comma-la.” A traditional pronunciation of the Indian name is closer to “com’la.”