Katie Porter, aka California's Karen Governor

People are shocked—shocked—at how self-righteous yet lacking self-awareness she is

And yet, she did. Katie Porter became the first Democrat to represent the city of Irvine in Congress. The Democratic Party transformed her into a political rockstar of epic proportions.

California Democrats, especially the ones elected in the last ten years to Congress, have developed a strong, arrogant streak because of their resurgence: maliciously committed to their progressive politics, unapologetic in their self-aggrandizement, convinced of their righteous cause because they beat down the last bastion of conservatism in a blue state.

And Katie Porter fit that bill as best as she could.

She played up her single soccer mom persona, advertising herself as the hassled, hustling suburbanite who had to look out for kids just like everyone else. She went shopping and complained about the cost of food. She talked about the sudden health care bills she faced. She was like all of us. It was all an act, of course, but Democrats never cared. And Katie didn’t have to care, either. She was a superstar, right?

She has vaulted into the news again, first because she’s the current Democrat front-runner for Governor, and second for her atrocious interview with Julie Watts of CBS California, replete with progressive snobbery and diffidence towards Republicans and the press.

People are shocked—shocked—at how self-righteous yet lacking self-awareness she is, but shouldn’t be.

Befitting of her foul mixture of age and unprofessionalism, Porter has developed a reputation for cruelty with staff. She fired one staffer because she had supposedly given the Congresswoman COVID. That staffer was a Wounded Warrior with no other health insurance, but Porter did not care. She snapped at another staffer when the lights made her look bad during a Zoom call. No angle of light can make a devil look angelic.

“Getting out of my f—king shot!”

And more evidence has poured out exposing her horrid treatment of staff: one recent video shows her explaining the value and efficacy of electric cars. Then one of her staffers wanders into the video behind her, and she growls at her: “Getting out of my f—king shot!”

During this single mom's divorce proceedings, the ex-husband testified that she repeatedly threw things at her and dumped a steaming pot of mashed potatoes on his head. The ex-husband also divulged that Porter would scratch her own arms, then blame her husband, and she enabled their children to harass their own father, too.

She’s a mean girl, Ms. Katie Porter, the epitome of a California Karen. But tough Congressmen get things done, right?

During her first term in Congress, Porter went out of her way during government oversight hearings to wave a whiteboard, playing herself up as snarky, smart-aleck economist. She rudely mocked Dr. Ben Carson discussing real estate issues, as she mistakenly thought he was talking about Oreo cookies. Judging by Porter’s demeanor, one can see why she would “cookie crumble” the doctor in such a rude, juvenile, and unprofessional fashion.

Such terms sum up the political career of Katie Porter.

When Republicans were electing the next Speaker of the House during the first 2023 session, Porter dressed up like a big pumpkin and read from a glaringly orange-covered book, “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F---.” This publicity stunt elicited mockery, not respect, from liberals. Porter was all about promoting her portly self, with no regard to her colleagues or the august expectations of the chamber. The same year, she invited anti-worker California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez to the State of the Union Speech, the same union puppet who pushed independent contractors out of work and cursed at Elon Musk for moving Telsa out of California. One Karen promoting another did not win Democratic plaudits.

“Karen” Porter’s self-promotion has even rubbed liberal commentators the wrong way

When she ran for US Senate, one of her liberal Congressional colleagues, Harley Rouda, urged California Democrats to oppose her candidacy. Ouch! Harley was no conservative, mind you, but even he could not remain silent about her lack of character.

Yet Porter persisted, like her obnoxious progressive mentor Elizabeth Warren, banking on Feinstein’s demise instead of waiting. Her brash insistence offended Democratic operatives, who value experience over insolence. When she lost the US Senate primary, Porter played victim, claiming the election was rigged, undermining the key Democratic talking point castigating Trump as an election denier by playing the same card! Left-wing OC gossip columnist Gustavo Arellano lamented the disappointing fall of a once-promising progressive icon.

“Karen” Porter’s self-promotion has even rubbed liberal commentators the wrong way.

The View mocked her for dressing up as Batman (Batwoman? Bat-Person?) during the first impeachment vote against President Trump. Sure, it was Halloween, but even New York liberal harpies contemptuously criticized her utter lack of seriousness.

When she’s not dishonoring Democratic leaders to their face, she mocks liberal commentators on their own programs, still thinking that she is smarter than the average Democrat (a low standard, but you get the point). When Bill Maher and Piers Morgan were criticizing the immaturity of younger voters, Porter flatly quipped: “You guys sound really old.”

Katie Porter, the singularly rude mom of 50, is immature, and her record shows it

They slammed her for that insensitive and ignorant remark: “Well, those immature people vote for you, don’t they?” Katie Porter, the singularly rude mom of 50, is immature, and her record shows it. She also defends men in women’s sports and thinks that inflation proves the need for abortion access. Is this serious? Maher didn’t hide his glee when she crashed in the US Senate primary, and deservedly so.

And now this brash cow in a China shop wants to be California governor. Her prospective voters have endured four years of Biden, slighted Kamala Harris with less than 60% of the vote, and they are tired after eight years of Newsom. Trump’s polling has improved, and Californians, for all their performative progressive posturing, our souring on liberal Karens (Bass of Los Angeles as well as Porter of OC).

All of this serves as background to her disastrous interview with CBS California journalist Julie Watts. Porter called the reporter argumentative, yet Porter was Karen-klatching the whole time. She’s not inarticulate, but incoherent, saying one thing (“I don’t need Trump voters”), then denying she said that very statement in the same interview. She claimed that she wanted to have a good interview, but repeatedly interrupted the reporter, and then threatened to storm off because she didn’t like the follow-up questions. Clearly, the Karen from UC Irvine was not accustomed to rigorous, journalistic inquiry, i.e., someone simply asking questions.

Perhaps someone should use a whiteboard and explain to Porter that she doesn’t have a chance because not even a California liberal likes a Karen.