Daniel Dae Kim, Kal Penn & Extra Have a good time Title Origins After GOP Senator Mocks Kamala Harris’ Pronunciation – .

Hollywood stars, political figures and more are celebrating the varied meanings and origins of their names after a video of GOP Senator David Perdue mocking the name of Vice-Presidential candidate Kamala Harris went viral.

“Kamala or Kamala-Mala-Mala-Mala, I don’t know. Anyway, “Perdue said during a Trump rally in Georgia.

Hours after Twitter users expressed their frustration and disappointment over Perdue’s failure and lack of effort to pronounce Harris’ name correctly, #MyNameIs began to trend the social media platform.

#My name is Daniel Dae Hyun Kim or in Korean 김대현. It means “great and mighty”. My name is not “Macaca” or “Kung Flu”. And @sendavidperdueHer name is not “Kamala Mala Mala, I don’t know whatever”. #Respect. One more reason to vote @Joe Biden and @KamalaHarris, “tweeted Daniel Dae Kim on Saturday.

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Will & Grace star Debra Messing joined the interview and celebrated her roots. She said that her name is of Polish and Russian origins and that she is proud of its roots. Brass also took her 140 character to punish the Georgia Senator.

Kal Penn responded to Perdue’s comments, revealing that Kalpen is actually his real first name and that the stage name was necessary to be successful.

“#MyNameIs Kalpen. I went to Kal Penn to help me find a job and am more than happy to give @ SenDavidPerdue Some tips on how to find your own, ”he said.

Perdue’s failure to pronounce Harris’ first name correctly isn’t the first time someone has received backlash. In August, Fox News host Tucker Carlson received criticism for emphasizing the wrong syllables of the vice-presidential candidate’s first name.

Other people who tweeted the hashtag and shared the deeper meanings of their first names included Michelle Kwan, Ilhan Omar, Ted Lieu, and others. See the tweets below.

My opponent, GOP Senator David Perdue of Anti-Semitic Attack and Shame, just mocked Senator Harris’ name as “Kamala-Mala-Mala-whatever” at a Trump rally.

We’re so much better than that. Pic.twitter.com/9AvoQK4RdN

– Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) October 16, 2020

#MyNameIs Daniel Dae Hyun Kim or in Korean 김대현. It means “great and mighty”. My name is not “Macaca” or “Kung Flu”.
And @sendavidperdue, her name is not “Kamala Mala Mala, I don’t know at all”. #Respect. One more reason to vote for @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris.

– Daniel Dae Kim (@danieldaekim) October 18, 2020

#MyNameIs Debra. My family is from Poland and Russia. I stand with # Kamala. # Georgia #DavidPerdue is a shame. #Vote for @ossoff. https://t.co/q018A7vTtw

– Debra Messing✍🏻 (@DebraMessing) October 17, 2020

#MyNameIs Kalpen. I started working at Kal Penn to help me find a job and am more than happy to share some tips with @SenDavidPerdue on how to find a new one. https://t.co/Jeaizw4k2z

– Kal Penn (@kalpenn) October 18, 2020

#MyNameIs Talayeh. It means “pioneer” in Persian and comes from the Shahnameh. I felt my share of othering & racism from people like @sendavidperdue. I will be voting for @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris because I know we are a nation of immigrants and I am proud to be one. https://t.co/c06p2uQpLS

– Tala Ashe (@talaashe) October 18, 2020

#MyNameIs Ted W. Lieu. The “W” is the abbreviation for “Win-Ping”, which means “cloud of peace” in Mandarin.

Also, make sure you vote. And if you are voting by mail, don’t forget the silly confidentiality envelope if your state requires it.

– Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 17, 2020

#MyNameIs Ilham, I prefer Ilhan. I never liked the M sound 😜. It means “inspiration” in Arabic. My father called me Ilham and inspired me to live a life of service to others.

In his honor, I’m voting for an inspirational ticket over a desperate and crazy one. https://t.co/jSiatHsj2X

– Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 17, 2020

#MyNameIs Michelle Wing Kwan & in Chinese Pinyin it is pronounced Guan Ying Shan. It means beautiful, strong and clever. What isn’t beautiful, strong, or smart is to make fun of their “strange-sounding” names. Vote with me for @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris instead of #Iwillvote

– Michelle Kwan (@MichelleWKwan) October 17, 2020

My great grandmother’s name was Kamala. Not “Kamala-Mala-Mala, I don’t know whatever.” # MyNameIs Gautam. It means bright light. The kind of bright light a Biden-Harris administration will represent. And that’s why #IWillVote.

Join in and make a plan at https://t.co/M8JYgEwDe2. https://t.co/B1JTEbaEYx

– Gautam Raghavan (@gauragDC) October 17, 2020

#MyNameIs Nikema. I was at the end of bigotry and racism because of my name – like David Perdue’s ridicule of @KamalaHarris’ name. In November he can call me #Congresswoman and #iwillvote so he has to call #Kamala Madam Vice President! #OutLoudOnPurpose

– Senator Nikema Williams (@NikemaWilliams) October 18, 2020

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