"JULIE WATTS: What do you say to the 40% of California voters, who you'll need in order to win, who voted for Trump? FMR. REP. KATIE PORTER (D-CA): How would I need them in order to win, ma'am? JULIE WATTS: Well, unless you think you're going to get. FMR. REP. KATIE PORTER (D-CA): (MUGS TO CAMERA). JULIE WATTS: 60% of the vote. You think you'll get 60%. Everybody who did not vote for Trump will vote for you. That's what you're saying."
"FMR. REP. KATIE PORTER (D-CA): In a general election? Yes. If it is me versus a Republican, I think that I will win the people who did not vote for Trump. JULIE WATTS: What if it's you versus another Democrat? FMR. REP. KATIE PORTER (D-CA): I don't intend that to be the case. JULIE WATTS: So how do you not intend that to be a case? Do you? Are you going to ask them not to run? FMR. REP. KATIE PORTER (D-CA): No, no, I'm saying I'm going to build the support. I have the support already in terms of name recognition, and so I'm gonna do the very best I can to make sure that we get through this primary in a really strong position. But let me be clear"
Julie Watts interviewed Katie Porter and ten other California gubernatorial candidates about Governor Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan. When the full program was released, a single question about the 40% of California voters who voted for Trump dominated attention. Watts asked what Porter would say to those voters and whether Porter needed their support to win. Porter responded with a quip and a tense back-and-forth that quickly became a social media punchline. The viral clip emphasized the exchange itself and obscured the broader context and the original reporting focus on the redistricting plan.
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