Democrats are scratching their heads over a new nickname bestowed by Donald Trump on Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris: “Kamabla.”
While he’s deployed typical nicknames like “Lyin’ Kamala,” “Laffin’ Kamala,” “Cacklin’ Kamala,” and “Crazy Kamala,” over the past few days the term “Kamabla” began appearing in Trump’s Truth Social posts, at first assumed to be a typo.
“People vote with their STOMACH, and food is now at an all time high because of Kamabla/Biden INCOMPETENCE. With them in charge, IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE!,” Trump wrote on Truth on Monday.
However, the former president continued using “Kamabla” in subsequent posts, establishing a noticeable trend.
The Kamala misspelling got under the skin of leftists on social media, with many claiming without evidence that the new title is a racist dog whistle.
In one humorous exchange, a HuffPo writer attempted to get an explanation on “Kamabla” from the Trump campaign, with a senior staffer simply replying, “Kamabla” over and over.
For those of you with real lives who do not have to monitor the coup-attempting criminal’s social media feed, he has been calling VP Kamala Harris “Kamabla.”
I reached out to a Senior Trump Campaign Official to sort it out.
Here is how it went: pic.twitter.com/mRzKgyayUH
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) August 7, 2024
When he failed to get an answer, the leftist writer asserted he assumed the title was “racist,” but couldn’t figure out “how.”
I mean, I’m assuming it’s meant to be a racist insult — but *how* is it meant to be racist, that’s the question!
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) August 7, 2024
Others propagated a Kamala misspelling of their own, claiming Trump had called her “Kambala,” which was not the case.
I'm sure this will lock up the racist, um… 6 year old vote?#Kambala pic.twitter.com/eyeZXY3MxJ
— Lanny (@rangerlongshot) August 6, 2024
Throughout the primaries, Trump called Nikki Haley "Nimbra." (Her given name is "Nimarata.") He is now calling Harris "Kambala." I suppose this is his way of "othering" his opponents. The conservatives I knew would have been repulsed by this — and found it disqualifying.
— Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) August 7, 2024
Kambala is the name of a Serpent (sarpa) mentioned in the thirty-fifth chapter (verses 4-17) of the Ādiparva of the Mahābhārata.
Trump is sooooo cryptically intelligent. He pinpoints them down quickly.
Remember his Snake poem that he would read at rallies? pic.twitter.com/g76qiCZ76g— MANOR.MAVEN. (@Mwam19931) August 6, 2024
An X post shared by Trump senior campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung on Wednesday shed light on the nickname.
Kamabla pic.twitter.com/P8bKfrSVDm
— Steven Cheung (@TheStevenCheung) August 7, 2024
Anti-Trump UK media outlet Indy100.com also provided a sufficient explanation for Trump’s use of the term: “‘Kamabla’ appears to be a riff on Harris’s name so that it includes the word ‘blah.’”
At any rate, Trump’s “Kamabla” nickname appears to be having the intended effect: pissing off leftists.
