(KTLA/KRON) -- Gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter is facing backlash for trying to prematurely end an interview with a local reporter in Sacramento.

Porter, a Democrat who represented Orange County in Congress, was asked what she'd say to supporters of President Donald Trump, a bloc she seemed to initially dismiss before reiterating her bona fides as the representative of a purple district when pressed on the issue.

“I feel like this is unnecessarily argumentative. What is your question?” Porter asked of the interviewer, as detailed by the Los Angeles Times. A clip of the interview was posted online on Monday.

Porter, a frontrunner for Governor's Mansion, then explained she was seeking every vote, though she also sought to end the interview.

“I don’t want this al

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