"FMR. REP. KATIE PORTER (D-CA): I feel like this is unnecessarily argumentative. What is your question? JULIE WATTS: The question is, the same thing I asked everybody, that this is being called the Empowering Voters to Stop Trump's Power Grab. Every other candidate has answered this question. This is not argumentative. FMR. REP. KATIE PORTER (D-CA): Correct, and I said, I support it."
"JULIE WATTS: So, and the question is what do you say to the 40 percent of voters who voted for Trump? FMR. REP. KATIE PORTER (D-CA): Oh, I'm happy to say that. It's the do-you-need-them-to-win part that I don't understand. I'm to answer ask the question as you have it written, and I'll answer it. JULIE WATTS: And we've also asked the other candidates, do you think you need any of those 40% of California voters to win?"
Katie Porter, a former congresswoman and candidate for governor, participated in an interview about Governor Gavin Newsom's redistricting plan alongside other candidates. A question asking what she would say to the roughly 40 percent of California voters who voted for Trump provoked a tense exchange. Porter questioned the premise of needing those voters to win, expressed frustration with the tone of the questioning, and threatened to end the interview, including clapping to signal she wanted it to stop. The interview clip went viral and generated criticism across the political spectrum.
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