Former Democratic California Rep. Katie Porter is a frontrunner in California’s gubernatorial race. 

If Porter’s campaign is successful, she’ll undoubtedly manage California with the same degree of restraint with which she manages her emotions. 

Porter flew off the handle after being asked a fairly tame question by CBS News Sacramento reporter, Julie Watts.

“What do you say to the 40% of California voters who you’ll need, in order to win, who voted for [President Donald] Trump?” 

“How would I need them in order to win, ma’am?” Porter fires back. 

Thus begins a semantic back-and-forth in which Porter maintains she could win Republican votes, if she so desired, but she doesn’t need Republican votes in order to win. 

Katie Porter, the leading Democrat in the race for California governor goes full Incredulous Karen after a journalist has the audacity to ask basic follow up questions when Porter scoffed at the idea of needing Trump supporters to win pic.twitter.com/CSfuzRRZPF

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) October 7, 2025

“I feel like this is unnecessarily argumentative, what is your question?” Porter eventually asks. 

“The question is the same thing I asked everybody, that this is being called, the ‘Empowering Voters to Stop Trump’s Power Grab,’” Watts clarifies, referring to redistricting measures enacted by California Democrats in response to Republican redistricting in Texas. “Every other candidate has answered this question, this is not argumentative.” 

“And I said, I support it,” Porter replies.

Watts continues asking follow-up questions. This proves too much for Porter. 

“No, I’m saying I’m going to try to win every vote I can, and what I’m saying to you,” Porter begins, before throwing up her hands in frustration and rolling her eyes.

“I don’t want to keep doing this, I’m gonna call it, thank you,” Porter says, addressing someone off camera.

“You’re not going to do the interview with us?” Watts questions.

“Nope, not like this I’m not, not with seven follow ups to every single question you ask.”

“Every other candidate has answered our follow ups.”

“I don’t care, I don’t care, I want to have a pleasant positive conversation, in which you ask me about every question on this list, and if every question, you’re gonna........

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