"Immediately after a snappish and off-putting TV interview, Porter showed up in a years-old video profanely reaming a staff member for - the humanity! - straying into the video frame during her meeting with a Biden Cabinet member. Not a good look for a candidate already facing questions about her temperament and emotional regulation. (Hang on, gentle reader, we'll get to that whole gendered double-standard thing in a moment.)"
"Katie Porter's still standing, which is saying something. The last time a significant number of people tuned into California's low-frequency race for governor was in October, when Porter's political obituary was being written in bold type. But, lo, these several months later, Porter remains positioned exactly where she'd been before, as one of the handful of top contenders in a race that remains stubbornly formless and utterly wide open."
"Did she ever think of exiting the contest, as some urged, and others plainly hoped to see? (The surfacing of that surly 2021 video, with the timing and intentionality of a one-two punch, was clearly not a coincidence.) No, she said, not for a moment. "Anyone who thinks that you can just push over Katie Porter has never tried to do it," she said. Porter apologized and expressed remorse for her tetchy behavior. She promised to do better."
Katie Porter remains a top contender in the California governor race despite October controversies that threatened her campaign. A snappish TV interview and a years-old video showing her angrily berating a staff member raised questions about her temperament and emotional regulation and triggered criticism framed by gendered double-standard concerns. Porter apologized, expressed remorse, promised to do better and said she learned from her mistakes. She rejected calls to exit the race, asserting resilience and insisting she has worked to show Californians who she is while seeking to rebuild trust with voters.
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