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28 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

Ain’t nobody voting for that bish

Harris earned my respect. Not that my respect carries much weight. I’d vote for Harris again, but not in a gubernatorial election against Katie Porter in 2026.

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She kicked ass.  She's had it with stupid questions.  

And I have to say the "Everyone else has answered this" is akin to "all your friends are doing it."  Frankly I was surprised a major network hired such a dumb interviewer.

Here's more from Yashar Ali:

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1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

a bit cunty here

 

 

She was famously unpleasant even by DC standards and she was an only a two term D rep from California and so didn’t have the clout to get away with it. There are plenty of data point here and her sometimes appealingly pugnacious style for the cameras wasn’t an act; conflict follows her around professionally and interpersonally. 
 

And that shit will catch up to you in politics. You need to make some allies. Again, unless you’re so juiced that everyone will just tolerate you. 

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My read on that video clip: The interviewer is a trollish idiot, and Katie Porter is completely unprofessional. Bad look for both, worse for Katie Porter.  Huge red flag. 

 

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The reporter isn’t a troll or idiot, she’s pushing on Katie because of the possibility (not necessarily probability) that two Ds advance to the general.  This has happened in statewide races in CA, and the field is crowded for governor. 
 

Katie doesn’t want to explore this possibility and then gets super snitty and evasive when pressed even though she walked into it by saying “I don’t intend to let that (two Democrats in the general) happen.” Because in her senate run she threw a tantrum about Schiff helping to elevate an R to the general over her and called the election “rigged,” and now that shes the presumptive top D vote getter in the primary she may need to do something similar to guarantee a D-R general she can win.  This is all a perfectly legitimate place to probe. Katie is upset and tells you why— “I wanted to come have a pleasant conversation.” LOL. 

I WILL fully concede that the reporter sees the flailing and terrible optics and decides to needle and see where it goes. There’s not a journalist on the planet who won’t press when an interviewee for a big race seems to be on the verge of crashing out.  It’s really their job, and it’s the candidate’s job to be media trained and poised and not crash out. Because at some point you’re gonna get asked to justify something that you’d rather not talk about.
 

All she has to do is get out a decent answer “Well Julie, what we plan is to make our case and tell the democratic voters of California how a Katie Porter governorship will benefit them, their families, and the entire state. We plan to win on values and policy and I am the candidate who reflects the Democratic electorate.  And once they hear our message  I’m confident that I’ll be the decisive Democratic vote-getter and move on to put away a GOP opponent easily in a general election.”

 

Instead she comes in hot and bothered with some word salad about being from Orange County, argues over the question wording like a too-smart lawyer, and spills blood in the water. 
 

And yes— this is a double standard because Trump can do all this stuff and is Teflon with his voters. He also has a legit talent to be the one who makes reporters feel defensive and flustered and off-center and that works for him. 

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