Overview

• Porter told KTLA’s Inside California Politics she is taking responsibility for the incidents and pledged to try to do better, calling herself a tough but accountable candidate.
• Pressed on whether additional footage might surface, she declined to offer assurances, reiterating that her treatment of the staffer in the 2021 clip was wrong and that she apologized.
• The furor followed a CBS interview clip in which Porter questioned the premise that she needs Trump voters and briefly threatened to end the exchange, and a separate 2021 Zoom video where she cursed at a staffer.
• Rivals escalated attacks, with former state Controller Betty Yee urging Porter to leave the race and Antonio Villaraigosa airing a three-minute ad built around the CBS clip.
• Some allies defended her, including Teamsters California leaders and Rep. Dave Min, as prediction-market odds showed a sharp drop in her standing and the still-fluid 2026 field awaits potential entrants before the March 6 deadline.