The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/08/right-wing-seizes-on-katie-porter-interview-where-she-gets-testy-with-reporter/The election for California governor is over a year away, and a lot more is bound to happen before then. But the right wing on social media has seized on a clip of Democratic frontrunner Katie Porter deciding to end an interview because she didn't like its tone. The interview in question was with Julie Watts, formerly a reporter with KPIX in San Francisco, now working at CBS Sacramento. Watts interviewed all the current candidates for governor, and the testy moments come when Watts asks about "the 40% of voters who voted for Trump" in California, and what Porter would say to them about the redistricting issue, which she supports. The problem is

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