'Get out of my [bleeping] shot!' Leaked video shows Katie Porter exploding on her own staffer * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

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Bill Maher, right, took Rep. Katie Porter, left, to task during Friday’s episode of “Real Time” after Porter referred to Maher and Piers Morgan as “old and grumpy.” (@EricAbbenante / Twitter)

A video obtained by Politico reveals a strained Katie Porter, then a member of Congress during the Joe Biden administration, delivering a rant about the benefits of electric vehicles. Then she suddenly explodes on her own staff member who wandered into the camara’s line of sight.

“GET OUT OF MY F*CKING SHOT!” Porter, who also recently melted down in another interview, said.

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Politico reported Porter is the frontrunner in next year’s race for California governor.

The video is of a conversation, being recorded apparently to support Biden’s war on America’s energy industry and his demands for those costly electric vehicles, and includes comments about how work is going on to make them affordable for low- and middle-income Americans.

Porter is on audio with Jennifer Granholm, who at the time was energy secretary.

“Several minutes in, Porter’s staffer interjected to correct something the Democratic representative had said about electric vehicles. Porter then reprimanded her employee, who had also previously appeared periodically in the background during the recording,” the report said.

Porter unleashed, “You also were in my shot before that. Stay out of my shot.”

When the Department of Energy eventually released the final version, the comments were concealed.

The report explained, “For years, Porter has contended with accusations that she was a difficult boss or abusive to employees during her time in Congress, along with unrelated domestic disputes.”

Porter responded to a request for comment with, “It’s no secret I hold myself and my staff to a high standard, and that was especially true as a member of Congress. I have sought to be more intentional in showing gratitude to my staff for their important work.”

She also complained on the video she had not visited the White House “despite” raising a lot of money for Biden.

The behavior apparently is a pattern with Porter, as WND reported only a day earlier on what was being described as a “bizarre scene” when she had a meltdown during a TV interview.

She apparently was upset that she was being asked questions by a news reporter.

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.