When it comes spewing racially charged nonsense, FOX News host Tucker Carlson always delivers. Last night was no exception.
On Tuesday evening’s show, Carlson had a little freakout after one of his guests, political consultant Richard Goodstein, corrected his pronunciation of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s first name.
“Tucker, can I just say one quick thing because this is something that will serve you and your fellow hosts on FOX,” Goodstein politely said. “Her name is pronounced ‘Comma’ — like the punctuation mark — ‘la.’ ‘Comma-la,’ OK?”
Carlson did not appreciate being corrected.
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“So what?” he barked.
To which Goodstein replied, “I think out of respect for somebody who is going to be on the national ticket, pronouncing her name right is kind of a bare minimum.”
We have to agree. Properly pronouncing the name of the first woman, first Black person, and first Asian American person to run as this country’s VP is the “bare minimum” anyone can do when talking about her historic candidacy.
But Carlson doesn’t seem to agree.
“So I’m disrespecting her by pronouncing her name unintentionally?” he quipped. “So it begins! No I’m not! You’re not about to criticize ‘Ka-MAL-a’ Harris or ‘CAMEL-a’ Harris or whatever!”
Oh, but he didn’t stop there.
“OK, look,” he continued, “I unintentionally mispronounced her name. But I love the idea that she is immune from criticism. … On this show, nobody in power is immune from criticism. Our political leaders must be held to account. That’s our job.”
Just for the record, being corrected after mispronouncing a person’s name is not the same thing as being told you can’t criticize them for their policy ideas or political philosophies.
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skyboy63
Tucker Carlson is a dick and not the good kind..
Cam
It’s that B.S. 1980s salesman crap that idiots think flies under the radar. Mispronouncing somebody’s name, or pretending not to remember it is a dig at somebody. They aren’t important enough for hi to remember it correctly.
The reason Tucker got so pissed is because he thought he was being slick and got called out.
Onecaddy13
@Cam, Again, STFU!!! Do you or anyone here know how her name was pronounced correctly?? So Tucker pronounced it incorrectly and was informed of the proper pronunciation. So what, big deal, I didn’t even know how to pronounce her name correctly and I voted for her. So reign in your fangs & claws and stop being an idiot for once. You always go after the person that responds to you with your petty schoolgirl insults. And Gotcha’s! WOW, can’t anyone give their opinion without all the BS?? You’re just crass, unhappy and just a horses ass!!! Grow up!!!
Kangol2
Tucher–oops, I miswrote his name–is such a whiny racist creep. KAmala Harris is about as easy as it gets; it’s phonetic, has the same vowel three times, and is accented on first syllable. It’s not rocket science, but then again, the right-wing Swanson frozen foods heir Tanker, oops, Tucker, isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer.
truthseeker
You seem awfully hung up on correct pronunciation and spelling yet you’re the one who types Drumpf in every post
If it wasn’t for double standards, you and many others would have no standards
Cam
@truthseeker
Soooooo, the right wing troll account is back to using this older screename since your newer names just got called out?
Subtle.
Heywood Jablowme
I tend to call him F*cker Tarlson. (Credit to Bill Maher for that one.)
Chrisk
Fox News is nothing but right wing entertainment. Even they admit that.
Mister P
They obviously feel very threatened by Kamala Harris so mispronouncing her name and calling her nasty is the first page in their playbook.
dhmonarch89
people should start calling him Tooker Carlson, see how he likes it.
Scott Gatz
Here Tucker, even the kids know how to pronounce it: https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/735197253153914881
justyouandi
If her name began with a “P” it would be Pamela. Everybody has known someone named Pamela. The rules of phonics say that her name would be pronounced as Tucker pronounced it. I know a guy whose name is Isaih, but he pronounces it “Isaiah”. An individual can spell or pronounce their name any way they want to, but if they’re going to break the rules they should be prepared to teach that to everybody in their lives until those people finally remember that it’s different for that person.
Blame the parents for putting their child in the awkward position of a having a given name that will most likely be mispronounced or misspelled their whole life. And it’s no one’s fault but their own.
mailliw110
So why did he get so upset when he was corrected?
justyouandi
Well, son-of-a-gun, if I didn’t just see a video clip of about a dozen well-known people who mispronounced Kamala Harris’s name, including Barak and Michelle Obama and Gov. Gavin Newsom. And they all pronounced it just as Tucker did.
startenout
And did they lose their minds like an immature (and stupid) child when corrected? Nope.
Cam
It’s cute when the right wing troll accounts always claim to have just seen something, and yet never post a link to it.
Onecaddy13
@justyouandi, Totally agree. But just ignore Cam,
She knows everything, but what she doesn’t know is to use new lines, when Cam posts and disagrees with you, here come the same tired lines.you’ll get use to that. I think Cam’s a very unhappy person, very negative and needs friends or a Hug.
justyouandi
Even Joe Biden mispronounced her name when he announced her as his running mate. Or maybe it was right after.
TimidTim
Maybe he was a fan of the pro wrestler Kamala who ironically died Sunday and wasn’t able to see his namesake appointed (Jame HARRIS was his real name). So I myself pronounce her name like the wrestler even though she doesn’t like it (probably for the reason that he was an African savage who used to beat on his enormous belly and was this Neanderthal like buffoon stereotype with painted stars and moons and his mantits and belly).
toddlicious
Tucker Carlson is such a whiny little bitch
ciasteczek
Tucker Carlson: How can she be his running mate, since various of women accused him of sexual assult?
Richard Goodstein: Look over there!
justyouandi
Only one woman, ciasteczek, and it wasn’t assault, it was for making a suggestive comment, AND she was quickly completely discredited.
Lancealot
You know what’s more difficult to pronounce? Barrack Hussein Obama. They made sure to pronounce his name correctly almost every single time. Occasionally they would call him Osama.
@dusyk
Tucker is a douchebag, they need to take Fox off the air