Liberal Brandon abruptly ends derailed interview after attacking journalist

California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter went viral Tuesday night after a clip of a recent interview posted on social media showed her repeatedly lashing out at a reporter and attempting to end the interview.

“What do you say to the 40% of CA voters you’ll need to win, who voted for Trump?” Porter was interviewed by CBS California’s Julie Watts during a segment on the controversial redistricting effort launched by Democrats in the state.

“How would I need them to win, ma’am?” Porter, considered by many to be the race favorite, responded.

“Well, unless you think you’re going to get 60 percent of the vote,” the reporter said, questioning the split of Democratic and Republican voters in the state, before Porter started laughing.

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Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) speaks to supporters, volunteers and staff during an election night event at the Hilton Orange County on November 8, 2022 in Costa Mesa, California. (Getty)

Porter then went back and forth with the reporter, questioning whether she should court and win over Trump voters, particularly if she’s running head-to-head against another Democrat.

“So you don’t need them to win,” Watts asked Porter.

“I feel like it’s unnecessarily argumentative,” Porter said, prompting the reporter to point out that she had asked the same question of other candidates in the race and they answered it.

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Rep. Katie Porter on “The View.” (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)

“I don’t want to keep doing this, I’m going to put a stop to it,” Porter said.

“Aren’t you going to do the interview?” Watts said as Porter tried to remove his microphone.

“No, not like that, not with seven follow-ups to every question you ask,” Porter replied.

When Watts reminded Porter that all the candidates had answered the question, Porter responded, “I don’t care. »

Porter told Watts after further pressing that she doesn’t “want to have an unhappy experience with you” and that she doesn’t “want all of this to be filmed.”

The clip quickly went viral social networkswith conservatives criticizing Porter for having difficulty answering follow-up questions.

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Rep. Katie Porter, Democrat of California, shows her book to Rep. Sean Casten, Democrat of Illinois, during the 15th vote to elect a Speaker of the House early Saturday morning, Jan. 7, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“This fall from Katie Porter is INCREDIBLE,” said Republican broadcaster Matt Whitlock posted on X.

“What a mean, spoiled brat Katie Porter is to a reporter asking a very normal, simple question,” conservative commentator Meghan McCain posted on. “The rumors in Washington have always been that it was a nightmare – and as usual, people always come clean.”

“California Democrats are not challenged by the media very often,” said Richard Grenell, a special envoy for the Trump administration. posted on. “@katieporteroc implodes when asked a follow-up question. She’s not ready to be governor. She’s downright embarrassing.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to Porter’s campaign for comment.

Watts addressed the hot moment in a post on saying, “Since this 3-minute clip of a 30-minute segment went viral, we decided to post it ourselves. But I encourage you to watch the full segment.”