Think of a generic politician, and immediately a cataract of negative adjectives overwhelms your mind: soulless, inauthentic, transactional, etc.
All of those words (and then some) apply to former Democratic Representative and current gubernatorial candidateKatie Porterof California.
In a new 30-second ad, Porter tried to make light of her worst viral moment, but the attempt fell flat, prompting some users on the social media platform X to pan the effort as perhaps the “worst” campaign ad of all time.
“Now, could you guys please get out of my shot?” Porter joked at the end of the new ad.
A group of what looked like approximately two dozen sign-holding extras laughed at the comment.
Why did they laugh? In October of 2025,Politicoobtained a video that showed Porter using profanity to berate a staffer. The incident occurred during the July 2021 taping of a webinar with then-Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.
“Get out of my f***ing shot!” Porter snapped when the staffer appeared in the background and tried to offer a correction regarding something the then-congresswoman had said. “You also were in my shot before that. Stayoutof my shot.”
In other words,Portertreated her staffer like dirt.
Moreover, that Politico video appeared one day after another video of Porter threatening to walk out of an interview with a California CBS News reporter went viral.
Together, the two videos raised serious questions about the former congresswoman’s temperament.
Source: VidNews » Feed
