Katie Porter ahead of the California Democratic Party's 2025 State Convention in Anaheim, California, on May 30, 2025. Damian Dovarganes/AP/File

Katie Porter became a national figure among Democrats for her sharp questioning of Trump administration figures, often holding a whiteboard , in House Oversight Committee hearings. The confrontations she sparked often went viral when she posted them online .

That made her recent demand that a local CBS reporter have a “pleasant, positive conversation” with her – and her threat to cut off their interview – all the more noteworthy.

Porter, now running for governor of California , is drawing blowback after threatening to walk out of an interview with CBS News Sacramento. A portion of the interview was posted online and widely shared, eve

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