"It's Pronounced Cum-La."

Why do middle-aged white guys often view this as a flex?

I live in Texas, which is a purple state in most urban areas and a red state in most rural ones, and that probably colors what I’m about to say, but I know a lot of different middle-aged guys who pronounce Kamala Harris’ first name as “Cum-La,” which seems like a very misguided power play potentially aimed at the various rumors that she “Hawk Tuah’ed” h…