After a few moments of relaxed banter, all of my interviews start the same way: "Thanks so much for offering to chat with me about this topic. To kick things off, how would you like to...

"KAH-mah-la, Kah-MAH-la, Kamala-mala-mala, I don't know, whatever.”  In October, Senator David Perdue of Georgia repeatedly mocked and purposely mispronounced Kamala Harris’ name at a Trump rally....