California Democrat gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter is facing renewed scrutiny after storming out of a CBS interview when pressed on how she plans to win over supporters of former President Donald Trump — a controversy that comes as new polling shows her slipping behind a leading Republican rival.
“I don’t want to keep doing this. I’m going to call it,” Porter said, trying to remove her microphone and cut off the interview after CBS News reporter Julie Watts asked how she intended to appeal to the 40% of California voters who backed Trump, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
“I don’t want this all on camera.”
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