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10/13/2025 3:31:28 PM

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What’s Behind the Viral Katie Porter Attack

The political establishment in California saw their moment and pounced.

The surprisingly wide-open race for governor of the nation’s most populous state emerged from its slumber last week when a three-minute clip of former California Rep. Katie Porter, who has been leading Democrats in all polls, went viral on the internet. It reinforced persistent rumors and evidence that Porter comes off as combative and angry. (Incidentally, have you seen the president of the United States lately?)

In the clip, a CBS Sacramento reporter asks Porter what she’d say to the 40 percent of California voters who voted for Trump, “who you’ll need in order to win” the governorship, about backing the redistricting ballot measure intended to counter Trump’s gerrymandering scheme. (That ballot measure is almost certainly going to win, by the way.) “How would I need them in order to win, ma’am?” Porter replied, questioning the premise.

That’s pretty much correct; a Democrat is going to win the governor’s race in...

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