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Newly released footage of California gubernatorial candidate katie porter threatening to walk out of CBS News the interview is gone viral In which the Democrat gets nervous about a question and almost tears her mic.
Interview with journalist Julie Watts CBS News California investigationThe debate, which was held last month, ran into trouble when a reporter asked the former representative about her chances of winning over Republicans in the state as she seeks term-limited success. Gavin Newsom,
“What do you say to 40 percent of California voters, who you need to win, who voted [President Donald] Trump?” Watts asked Porter.
“How do I need them to win, madam?” Porter responded, seeming unhappy with the question, but laughing for the camera, before expressing confidence that she could garner the remaining 60 percent of non-Trump votes.
“I’ve stood on my own two feet and won Republican votes before, and that’s not something that every candidate in this race can say,” Porter said, referring to his time representing “Purple” Orange County.
“But you just said you don’t need those Trump voters,” Watts retorted, causing the former congressman to throw up his hands and say the interview was becoming “unnecessarily argumentative.”
When the reporter insisted that she had asked the same question of all of Porter’s rivals in the race without any problems, Porter responded: “I don’t want to do that, I’m going to call it. Thank you.” After this she moved towards the microphone on her lapel and tried to remove it.
Watts asked if she was serious about ending the interview, and Porter complained that she was being given “seven follow-ups for every question you asked”, commenting that she had never had to “end an interview” before.
When the reporter stood firm and insisted it was his job to ask challenging questions, Porter said: “I don’t want to have an unhappy experience with you and I don’t want it all on camera.”
Responding to the clip circulating online on Tuesday evening, Watts Said On
media pundit Mehndi Hasan reacted by expressing disappointment A politician should expect “pleasant positive interactions” from journalists rather than substantive questioning. At the same time, megyn kelly Happy: “Are there other awesome interviews with Katie Porter? This is the most entertaining, unifying thing since tiger king,
Porter, who lost her bid for the Senate adam schiff Last year, the first woman ran a bid to become governor of California and did so Attracted the support of influential grassroots campaign group EMILYs ListWhich supports female candidates who support abortion rights.
progressive, a Nationally known face From his time in Washington, the current has a slight lead in next June’s primary elections, having benefited from the former Vice President kamala harrisIt was announced in August that she would not run.
Thirty percent of registered voters who said they would have voted for Harris now plan to support Porter, according to one recent politico survey,
Sixteen percent of that group said they would shift their support to former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and 11 percent said their next choice was the state’s former Secretary of Health and Human Services. xavier becerra,
However, Porter, the California senator, may face stiff competition if elected. alex padilla Ultimately decided to enter the race to replace Newsom, who is widely expected to run for president in 2028.
On the Republican side, his challengers include Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and former Fox News host steve hilton,