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Katie Porter Threatens to End CBS Interview When Pressed on Winning Trump Voters

The viral CBS segment revives questions about her outreach to Trump voters in a top-two primary state.

Katie Porter, a candidate for California governor, reacted angrily to a question about winning Republican votes during an interview
Irvine, CA - March 02: Congresswoman and U.S. Senate candidate Katie Porter, right, speaks to the media as she waits for her son, Luke Hoffman, 18, to vote for the first time at the vote center at the University Hills Community Center in Irvine on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in the 2024 California presidential primary election. (Photo by Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
Katie Porter, who has announced her candidacy for governor of California, speaks during an interview ahead of the California Democratic Party's 2025 State Convention in Anaheim, California, on Friday, May, 30, 2025.
FILE - U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2022. Porter is seeking reelection to California's 47th Congressional seat in the Nov. 8, 2022, election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

Overview

  • Newly released footage from a CBS News California interview conducted last month shows Porter growing testy and moving to end the exchange after being asked how she would win the roughly 40% of Californians who voted for Trump.
  • In the clip, Porter calls the questioning "unnecessarily argumentative," attempts to remove her lapel mic, and says she does not want the back-and-forth on camera.
  • Reporter Julie Watts said every candidate received the same Trump-voter question in a segment tied to the Prop 50 redistricting debate and noted only about three minutes of a 30-minute taping circulated online.
  • Porter’s campaign said the interview continued for about 20 more minutes after the tense moment and provided no additional comment.
  • The episode comes as Porter leads many Democratic primary polls under California’s top-two system, even as a September Zogby Strategies survey indicated Republican Steve Hilton would lead her in a head-to-head matchup.