This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
In what is being described as a "bizarre scene," a former Democrat congresswoman now running for California governor had a meltdown during a TV interview, apparently upset that she was being asked questions by a news reporter.
Katie Porter was being interviewed by Julie Watts of CBS affiliate KOVR-TV in Sacramento when she objected to follow-up questions, stressing she did not wish to have an "unhappy experience with you and I don't want this on camera."
"I don't want to keep doing this. I'm gonna call it, thank you," Porter told Wells, indicating she was done with the interview.
"You're not going to do the interview with us?" an incredulous Watts asked.
"Nope, not like this I'm not. Not with seven follow-ups to every single question you ask," Porter responded.
"Every other candidate has answered our follow-ups," the investigative reporter noted.
"I don't care," Porter replied.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reposted the video, saying: "Crazy lady freaks out when journalists asks her actual 'questions.'"
Republican congressional candidate Ken Calvert said: "Her tirade is a window into the mentality of radical CA Democrat politicians. They can't stand those who disagree with them."
Martha MacCallum of Fox News told anchor Bill Hemmer on Wednesday: "I just love when she goes, 'Not if you have seven follow-ups. Six is my limit.' This is not going to serve her well."
And Hemmer quipped: "I think they were just sitting too close to each other."
John Ziegler, host of "The Death of Journalism" podcast, also reacted to the meltdown, saying: "When Katie Porter is our next governor here in CA, it will make us long for the days of the evil Gavin Newsom. She's a lot like him, only dumber.
"How are Democrats not enraged that she overtly states here that she plans to make sure she runs in the general against a Republican?!"
Kristinn Taylor at the Gateway Pundit opined: "It was a bizarre scene, like in a movie where the nurse is trying to calm the agitated mental patient in the psych ward before she picks up a tray and bashes her in the head."
In 2023, the New York Post reported on other alleged behavior by Porter, as her ex-husband in a 2013 divorce filing accused her of pouring scalding hot mashed potatoes on his head during a dispute:
The former husband of Rep. Katie Porter said the California Democrat frequently abused him verbally and threw "toys, books and other objects" at him during their marriage – even pouring scalding-hot mashed potatoes on his head during a fight, according to divorce records.
Matthew Hoffman, who filed for divorce from Porter in 2013, said in a request for a restraining order dated April 30 of that year that he was "routinely" called a "f***ing idiot" and "f***ing incompetent" by his rage-prone spouse, who also shattered a glass coffee pot on their kitchen counter in March 2012 when she felt their house wasn't clean enough.
