{"id":2329614,"date":"2024-08-22T22:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T02:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-surrounds-herself-with-family-at-dnc-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T22:14:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T02:14:18","slug":"harris-surrounds-herself-with-family-at-dnc-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-surrounds-herself-with-family-at-dnc-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris surrounds herself with family at DNC &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-surrounds-herself-with-family-at-dnc-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2329614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At\u200b the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris showcased her family by \u2062involving her\u200b nieces, Amara and Leela, \u2063in a lighthearted moment aimed at clarifying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-talk-about-our-relationship-with-the-state\/\" title=\"Let&#039;s Talk About Our Relationship with the State\">correct pronunciation<\/a> of her name. Actress Kerry Washington moderated the \u200csegment, where the girls demonstrated that &#8220;Kamala&#8221; is\u2062 pronounced like &#8220;comma&#8221; followed\u2062 by \u200b&#8221;lah.&#8221; This fun activity \u2062engaged the \u2062crowd in a call-and-response chant, culminating with a declaration to support Harris for president. Additionally, Meena Harris, the girls&#8217;\u2064 mother and Kamala&#8217;s niece, spoke about the influence of strong women in\u200b her family and expressed confidence in Kamala&#8217;s ability to guide the country forward.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris taps nieces at DNC to set record straight on &lsquo;Kamala&rsquo; pronunciation<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1735639\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>CHICAGO &mdash;<\/strong>&nbsp;Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> put her family in the spotlight at her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Convention<\/a> in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Scandal actor Kerry Washington sought the help of Harris&rsquo; nieces Amara and Leela on how people can properly pronounce &ldquo;Kamala&rdquo; on Thursday, shortly before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> is expected to accept the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 Democratic nomination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amara and Leela, the daughters of Vice-President Kamala Harris&rsquo; niece <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meena?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@meena<\/a>, teach the crowd how to pronounce their auntie&rsquo;s name. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bIk37t5FAr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">pic<\/a>.twitter.com\/bIk37t5FAr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yashar Ali &#128024; (@yashar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/1826790307239002209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The pig-tailed pair explained &ldquo;Kamala&rdquo; was pronounced by putting together &ldquo;comma&rdquo; and &ldquo;lah,&rdquo; leading the United Center arena in a call and response before Washington completed the chant with &ldquo;for president!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First you say comma, like comma in a sentence,&rdquo; Amara said. &ldquo;Then you say, &lsquo;La,&rsquo; like lalalala,&rdquo; Leila finished.<\/p>\n<p>Amara and Leela&rsquo;s mother Meena, the daughter of Harris&rsquo; sister Maya, then came on stage, with Harris&rsquo; stepdaughter Ella Emhoff with husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-emhoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Doug<\/a> and goddaughter Helena Hudlin.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I grew up in Oakland, California in a house full of extraordinary women: my mom, my grandma, and my aunty, who showed me the meaning of service,&rdquo; Meena Harris said. &ldquo;She guided me. Now she&rsquo;s guiding my own children. And I know she&rsquo;ll guide our country forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sound up!<br \/>Ella Emhoff, Meena Harris , Helena Hudlin takes the stage at the DNC Day 4<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DemocraticConvention?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DemocraticConvention<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DNCConvention2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DNCConvention2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DNC2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DNC2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HarrisWalz2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HarrisWalz2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HarrisWalz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HarrisWalz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DNC2024CHICAGO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DNC2024CHICAGO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DNC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DNC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/naeHKxnAGH\">pic.twitter.com\/naeHKxnAGH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Borkowski (@cborkowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cborkowski\/status\/1826790710802051312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala came into my life when I was 14, famously a very easy time for a teenager,&rdquo; Ella Emhoff added. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s never stopped listening to me and she&rsquo;s not going to stop listening to all of us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The united front comes after 2021 comments from Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance <\/a>(R-OH) criticizing &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-says-childless-cat-ladies-comment-taken-out-of-context-and-blown-up-by-democrats-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Vance says \u2018childless cat ladies\u2019 comment taken out of context and blown up by Democrats - Washington Examiner\">childless cat ladies&#038;rdquo<\/a>; were resurfaced shortly after former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> announced him as his running mate. Vance has only apologized to cats for his remarks, reiterating that he has been taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>Harris will accept her party&rsquo;s nod in a speech Thursday previewing what she is calling a &ldquo;New Way Forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1735639\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1735639\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted her family during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. On Thursday, actress Kerry Washington enlisted the help of Harris&#8217; nieces, Amara and Leela, to demonstrate the correct pronunciation of &#8220;Kamala&#8221; just before the vice president was set to accept the 2024 Democratic nomination. The two girls explained that &#8220;Kamala&#8221; is pronounced by combining &#8220;comma&#8221; and &#8220;lah,&#8221; leading a chant in unison with the audience before Washington concluded with \u201cfor president!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Amara instructed, \u201cFirst you say comma, like in a sentence,\u201d while Leela added, \u201cThen you say \u2018La,\u2019 like lalalala.\u201d Their mother Meena Harris then joined them on stage alongside Harris\u2019 stepdaughter Ella Emhoff and goddaughter Helena Hudlin. Meena shared her upbringing in Oakland surrounded by strong women who taught her about service and leadership. <\/p>\n<p>Ella Emhoff reflected on how Kamala entered her life when she was 14 years old and emphasized that she has always been attentive to their needs. This family display comes after Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance&#8217;s controversial comments from 2021 resurfaced following his announcement as Donald Trump&#8217;s running mate; he has since only apologized to cats for his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is expected to deliver a speech outlining what she calls a \u201cNew Way Forward\u201d as she accepts her party\u2019s nomination later today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2329615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/harris-kerry-washington-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7705,3881,4021,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2329614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dnc","tag-family","tag-harris","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/harris-kerry-washington-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}