Posted on 10/12/2025 11:02:46 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The emergence of two videos showing former Rep. Katie Porter in an unfavorable light have cast a cloud over her gubernatorial prospects, feeding perceptions among some that the Irvine Democrat is thin-skinned and a short-tempered boss.
How Porter responds in coming days could determine her viability in next year’s race to replace termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to both Democratic and Republican political strategists.
“Everyone’s had a bad day. Everyone’s done something that they wouldn’t want broadcast, right? You don’t want your worst boss moment, your worst employment moment, your worst personal moment, captured on camera,” said Christine Pelosi, a prominent Democratic activist from the Bay Area and a daughter of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“I definitely think that it’s a question of what comes next,” said Pelosi, who had endorsed Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis before she dropped out of the race.
Porter, who has a narrow edge in polls in the 2026 governor’s race, came under scrutiny this week when a recording emerged of her brusquely threatening to end a television interview after growing increasingly irritated by the reporter’s questions.
After CBS reporter Julie Watts asked Porter what she would say to the nearly 6.1 million Californians who voted for President Trump in 2024, the UC Irvine law professor responded that she didn’t need their support if she competed against a Republican in the November 2026 runoff election.
After Watts asked follow-up questions, Porter accused Watts of being “unnecessarily argumentative,” held up her hands toward the reporter’s face and later said, “I don’t want this all on camera.”
The next day, a 2021 video emerged of Porter berating a staffer who corrected her about electric vehicle information she was discussing with a member of the Biden administration. “Get out of my f— shot!” Porter said to the young woman after she...
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A vicious ahole leftist. What’s new?
She’s going to be the next governor. Who here really thinks that common sense and common decency will prevail in California?
You can’t work for people like her unless you grew up in an abusive home. Then it seems normal. Even preferable to a “normal” environment. The job application would say, “were you beaten as a child? “. If no, they wouldn’t hire you.
Someone, or several someones, on the left decided it was time to cut her loose.
I wholeheartedly agree.
She is the perfect replacement for Newsome. She will play the victim of a smear campaign and it will work.
“Who here really thinks that common sense and common decency will prevail in California?” Since all the decent people left Coastal California, I don’t expect anything except urban rot.
Poor, poor Katie Porker.
Psychopaths among us. Katie’s in the club.
From metrosexual to trailer trash.
Katie has mental issues
“You don’t want your worst boss moment, your worst employment moment, your worst personal moment, captured on camera,”
Trust me. That wasn’t the worst boss moment, worst employment moment, or worst personal moment in her life. You can tell she lives her life as an entitled bully. This time it just happened to have been caught on camera.
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if several more appeared this week.
I picture her as Kathy Bates in “Misery”.
“feeding perceptions among some that the Irvine Democrat is thin-skinned and a short-tempered boss.
How could anyone believe that after watching videos of her in action?
The Dems don’t care about the supposed faults.
They vote for the demonic, angry, vicious scumbags every time. Especially in California. Adam Schiff. Gavin Newsom. Maxine Waters. Padilla.
I’ll stop now.
(as always: FReepers excepted from the CA insult).
These aren’t outbursts. It’s who she is.
NO SHE IS NOT.. SHE COULD NOT EVEN GET PAST LITTLE ADAM S-FOR BRAINS TO BE SENATOR
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