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SunSeeker

(51,557 posts) Wed Mar 20, 2024, 12:47 AM Mar 20

Rep. Katie Porter Says She Regrets Calling California Senate Race 'Rigged'

“Obviously, I wish I had chosen a different word,” Porter said in a Tuesday episode of the podcast “Pod Save America.”

“At no time and in no way would I ever suggest that there’s anything other than a careful, thoughtful, amazing election system that actually should be the model for a lot of the country,” she said in the “Pod Save America” interview.

Porter said she was trying to call attention to what she views as problems with laws around election spending.“Outcomes are manipulated and distorted when you have people coming in spending millions and millions of dollars at the last minute, and that money is not disclosed until after the election,” she said.

Both Porter and Schiff rejected all corporate PAC money for their Senate campaigns, as did other Senate hopeful Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) However, Schiff fundraised more than all his election opponents combined.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-porter-senate-race-rigged_n_65f9e007e4b0d47c510044ee

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Rep. Katie Porter Says She Regrets Calling California Senate Race 'Rigged' (Original Post) SunSeeker Mar 20 OP

one suspects she thinks it was rigged but the problem was she said so. well stand for your beliefs nt msongs Mar 20 #1

She lost, had her temper tantrum and had found her sanity in a week bottomofthehill Mar 20 #6

+1 (and likely exhausted from a grueling campaign) Auggie Mar 20 #10

And no one else was exhausted from campaigning? baklava Mar 21 #12

Good. Glad she apologized. nilram Mar 20 #2

Her response shows she's not yet ready for the Senate. baklava Mar 21 #11

Better to have called for campaign finance reform usonian Mar 20 #3

Gonna miss her when her term is up. ificandream Mar 20 #4

Is there no way she can run for the house in November ? OnDoutside Mar 20 #7

Nope, she already endorsed another candidate for the race, Dave Min. SunSeeker Mar 20 #8

thanks, Katie. that is appreciated - and so very much needed stopdiggin Mar 20 #5

Yes, she mis-spoke in the heat of the moment.... Think. Again. Mar 20 #9

msongs

(67,406 posts)

1. one suspects she thinks it was rigged but the problem was she said so. well stand for your beliefs nt

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 12:52 AM

Mar 20

bottomofthehill

(8,329 posts)

6. She lost, had her temper tantrum and had found her sanity in a week

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 02:36 AM

Mar 20

4 years later, Trump is still in the temper tantrum stage. Good for you Katie.

Auggie

(31,170 posts)

10. +1 (and likely exhausted from a grueling campaign)

Reply to bottomofthehill (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 09:58 AM

Mar 20

baklava

(16 posts)

12. And no one else was exhausted from campaigning?

Reply to Auggie (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 10:37 AM

Mar 21

I imagine that Barbara Lee was tired, too . . . but she kept her head.

nilram

(2,888 posts)

2. Good. Glad she apologized.

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 01:05 AM

Mar 20

Rumors are that she is a bit of a hothead. I think she was caught up in the emotion of the moment.

baklava

(16 posts)

11. Her response shows she's not yet ready for the Senate.

Reply to nilram (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 10:35 AM

Mar 21

Hotheads belong in the House. Too bad she gave up her seat.

usonian

(9,802 posts)

3. Better to have called for campaign finance reform

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 01:20 AM

Mar 20

and the overthrow of the completely bogus Citizens United decision.

Cure diseases, not symptoms.

ificandream

(9,372 posts)

4. Gonna miss her when her term is up.

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 01:45 AM

Mar 20

Hopefully, she comes back and runs again. I suspect she will.

OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)

7. Is there no way she can run for the house in November ?

Reply to ificandream (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 03:19 AM

Mar 20

SunSeeker

(51,557 posts)

8. Nope, she already endorsed another candidate for the race, Dave Min.

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 05:38 AM

Mar 20

And he got enough votes in the primary to be the Democrat to go up against the Republican in the race, Scott Baugh.

https://apnews.com/article/california-house-election-2024-primary-super-tuesday-fd2808aad5069c950bf0ce5f246f7661

stopdiggin

(11,308 posts)

5. thanks, Katie. that is appreciated - and so very much needed

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 02:27 AM

Mar 20

so many people were absolutely dismayed ...

Not the least because it gave fuel - to precisely the kind of voices that are determinedly working to sabotage our system - and the rest of us are trying so very hard to discredit and throw water on.

Think. Again.

(8,141 posts)

9. Yes, she mis-spoke in the heat of the moment....

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 05:45 AM

Mar 20

...true election integrity is absolutely important.

We shouldn't focus on just creating a veneer of an impenetrable election system to protect against false claims of 'rigging', but we should also be continually working toward protecting our election system as the main goal.

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