Celebrities are coming together to share the meanings and origins behind their names as part of the #MyNameIs hashtag on Twitter. The movement started after a video of GOP Senator David Perdue openly mocking vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ name went viral recently.
“Kamala or Kamala-mala-mala-mala, I don’t know. Whatever,” Perdue says during the video, filmed at a Trump rally in Georgia.
Jon Ossoff, who is currently running against Perdue to represent Georgia in the Senate, took to Twitter to decry the comments.
“My opponent, GOP Sen. David Perdue of anti-Semitic attack ad infamy, just mocked Sen. Harris’ name as ‘Kamala-mala-mala-whatever’ at a Trump rally,” he tweeted along with a clip of the moment. “We are so much better than this.”
In the wake of the video going viral, the #MyNameIs trend took off on Twitter as people shared the stories behind their own names in solidarity with Harris. Here are some of the celebrities who have joined in on the movement.
Daniel Dae Kim
Kal Penn
Debra Messing
Lea Thompson
Michelle Kwan
Patton Oswalt
Billy Baldwin
This article originally appeared on marie claire U.S.
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