Former congresswoman Katie Porter, who is now attempting to run for California Governor, is facing increased scrutiny after a recently surfaced video shows her verbally abusing a staffer during a virtual meeting with then-Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.
For context, Porter yelled, “Get out of my F—KING shot!…Stay out of my shot,” after the staffer corrected her on electric vehicles. She also complained about feeling overlooked by the Biden White House despite raising significant funds.
In any case, Poerter whined, “You also were in my shot before that. Stay out of my shot,” in a clip which went massively viral on social media. In an attempt to run damage control, after the fact, she whined, “It’s no secret I hold myself and my staff to a high standard, and that was especially true as a member of Congress.”
Still not done trying to cover her, she noted, “I have sought to be more intentional in showing gratitude to my staff for their important work.” Pivoting to her complaints with the Biden administration, she remarked, “Never been [ to the White House]. Some of my colleagues (have been) three, four times,” Porter vented. “I don’t fit in the photo-op for some reason.”
In any case, when the clip was posted to social media, users were disturbed by the outburst. “Katie Porter’s staffers hate her so much that they’re now leaking clips of her outbursts to the press in light of her recent meltdown. This crazed woman is the frontrunner to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of our largest state,” one commentator noted.
However, this is far from Porter’s only scandal. Recently, she clashed with CBS News reporter Julie Watts over questions regarding her appeal to Trump voters, threatening to talk out and generally showing off an entitled and aggressive demeanor.
Melting down, she said the interview was “unnecessarily argumentative” and threatening to walk out, saying she didn’t want an “unhappy experience” on camera. The viral clip drew criticism from rivals like Antonio Villaraigosa, Tony Thurmond, Steve Hilton, and Xavier Becerra.
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Starting the interaction, Julie Watts asked a reasonable question. “What do you say to the 40 percent of California voters — who you’ll need in order to win — who voted for Trump?” she noted. Responding, the entitled Democrat said, “How would I need them in order to win, ma’am?”
Later in the interview, the journalist asked how she would react if there were two left-wing candidates. Porter, awkward and angrier, snarled, “I don’t intend for that to be the case.” After a follow-up question, the Democrat lost it.
Melting down epically, Porter whined, “I don’t want to keep doing this. … Not like this, I’m not. Not with seven follow-ups to every single question you ask. I don’t want to have an unhappy experience with you, and I don’t want this all on camera.”
Watch the clip here:
Reacting to this embarrassing situation, a spokesperson for Antonio Villaraigosa said, “We need a governor who will work to solve hard problems and who is not afraid to answer simple questions. No candidate for Governor should hide from the press or mistreat them — we owe it to the public to be transparent.”
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