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dissed!

12 Aug: WaPo: Tucker Carlson’s mangling of Kamala Harris’s name wasall about disrespect
Her name is pronounced ‘comma’ - like the punctuation mark - ‘la,” Goodstein said...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/tucker-carlsons-mangling-of-kamala-harriss-name-was-all-about-disrespect/2020/08/12/ea573d06-dca7-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html

***not quite!

13 Aug: Don’t know how to pronounce Kamala Harris’ name? Let these kids show you
There’s a right way, and several incorrect ways, to say her name.
By Randee Dawn
It’s just a short video, less than 20 seconds, but it presents several ways not to say Senator Harris’ name: It’s not “CAMEL-uh” or “Kuh-MAHL-uh” or “KARMEL-uh,” but rather “COMMA-lah.”...
The future Senator Harris shows up toward the very end to endorse the video and beam approvingly at a child...

So as we’re getting to know her a little better, it’s always good to start off with the right way to say her name. Back in 2009, a reporter for SFGate asked her about the pronunciation in an interview, and she replied, “You are the only person that’s ever asked me that. Thank you.

***Either think of it as ‘comma-la’ or ‘calm-ala.’”
https://www.today.com/parents/how-pronounce-kamala-harris-name-kids-teach-us-2016-video-t189240

25 May 2016: Tweet: Kamala Harris
People pronounce my name many different ways. Let #KidsForKamala show you how it’s done.
VIDEO
https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/735197253153914881

COMMA-LA is also how the following Party’s name is pronounced!

Wikipedia: The Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan is an armed communist ethnic party of Kurds in Iran, currently exiled in northern Iraq. The group is currently proscribed as a terrorist organization by Japan, aside from Iran. Since 2018, it is a registered lobby in the United States... During George W. Bush administration, the group’s leader met American officials in 2005 and 2006 amidst approval of Iran Freedom and Support Act budget...
The group is ideologically Marxist–Leninist...