Mika Brzezinski Sounds Alarm on Right-Wing ‘Hate Campaign’ Against Harris: ‘Already Mispronouncing Her Name!’

MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski warned that Republicans and right-wing media have already launched a “hate campaign” against Vice President Kamala Harris , endorsed by President Joe Biden after he announced his withdrawal from the 2024 election race.

Brzezinski, who remained loyal to and defensive of Biden following his disastrous presidential debate performance, accused conservative media personalities of “purposefully pronounce her name wrong” as proof of partisan outlets trying to “start it churning” against the increasingly likely nominee.

The Morning Joe host began the show by reflecting on Biden, calling him a “patriot” who “had authenticity and touch.”

Brzezinski said:

Well, obviously, on many levels, I’m really sad. Joe Biden is a patriot. I love him, his family, and I love what he’s done for the country. He had authenticity and touch. Whether you saw it or not, everything about him, even sometimes the stutter and the bumbling was part of the touch, part of the empathic, very loving, very clear-eyed touch that he had, that allowed him and enabled him to be an effective president. All that turned against him after the debate for all the reasons we discussed. He would say, no time to complain about it.

Urging Democrats to shift focus and support the new “democracy ticket,” Brzezinski added:

Let’s move on. It is go time. Democrats really have a moment of momentum here, and my hope is that they grab it and run with it. Get unified. Get organized. Get coordinated. No more infighting. Donald Trump is not easy to beat. He is not easy to beat, and anyone who thinks he is… is in 2016 when they’re laughing at the concept. You can see how quickly they tried to steal the unity narrative.

Rounding on right-wing media and Republicans, she continued:

I’ve heard from inside Republican circles and right-wing media that the hate campaign against Kamala Harris has begun. You’ll notice they purposefully pronounce her name wrong. They say Kamala. They do it all the time. It is on purpose. But the talk is to start that hate campaign and get it going and start it churning.

Repeating her call for unity in the face of the pushback, the host added:

My hope is that major Democrats and major Republicans from the Obamas to the Bush family to military leaders get behind the democracy ticket and we move on. Throughout the show today, we’ll see, Willie, if leading Democrats are going to get on board with Kamala Harris.

Watch on MSNBC.