California's Katie Porter tries to storm out of CBS interview after meltdown over Trump question

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00:00What do you say to the 40% of California voters who you'll need in order to win who voted for Trump?

00:07How would I need them in order to win, ma'am?

00:09Well, unless you think you're going to get 60% of the vote.

00:13I feel like this is unnecessarily argumentative. What is your question?

00:17Well, to those voters, okay, so you...

00:19I don't want to keep doing this. I'm going to call it. Thank you.

00:23You're not going to do the interview with us?

00:25Nope, not like this, I'm not. Not with seven follow-ups to every single question you ask.

00:29A California gubernatorial hopeful snapped at a CBS News reporter

00:33and tried to storm out of an interview after being asked a simple question about President Trump.

00:39Ex-California Representative Katie Porter was recorded trying to pull the plug on the sit-down interview

00:44with CBS News Sacramento last month.

00:47The bizarre encounter, which aired online earlier this week, captured Porter flipping out

00:52when reporter Julie Watts asked how she planned to win Republican votes

00:56as she tries to replace Governor Gavin Newsom in 2026.

01:00Following a brief back-and-forth where a testy Porter insisted she could build support

01:05and would seek every vote possible, the Democrats suddenly cracked.

01:09Porter seethed at what she described as argumentative follow-up questions

01:13before trying to cut it off.

01:15I don't want this all on camera, she later added.

01:18After the footage started spreading on social media, Porter's campaign said the interview,

01:22which was recorded last month, continued for an additional 20 minutes.

01:27It wasn't immediately clear if or when it was set to air in full.

01:31Porter, who launched her gubernatorial campaign in March,

01:34has previously been hit with claims she bullied staffers.

01:37Her ex-husband Matthew Hoffman also alleged in their divorce proceedings

01:41that she frequently abused him verbally and threw toys, books, and other objects at him

01:47during their marriage, alleging she even once poured scalding hot mashed potatoes

01:51on his head during a fight.

01:54Prior to her epic implosion at CBS,

01:56Porter had been the clear frontrunner in the California governor's race,

01:59with a seven-point lead over her rivals,

02:02according to the latest Real Clear Politics aggregate.

02:05Her Democratic primary foes quickly pounced on the meltdown.

02:09This is a pattern for Katie Porter.

02:12No candidate for governor should hide from the press or mistreat them.

02:15We owe it to the public to be transparent.

02:18State Superintendent Tony Thurman jabbed.

02:20If she can't answer basic questions from a reporter,

02:23how can Californians expect her to stand up to President Trump?

02:27Incumbent Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom is term-limited,

02:30and with former Vice President Kamala Harris having passed on a gubernatorial run,

02:34the field for the 2026 race has been left wide open.

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