Katie Porter

Gas prices, they're high.

And everybody, you know, got in line and wanted to talk about gas prices.

And I raised my hand and I said, you know what?

I want to talk about grocery prices because that is the number one thing that has been going up really rapidly.

Like I am seeing boxes of cereal for ten dollars.

I am seeing eggs.

I am seeing bacon.

I am seeing blueberries that are eight bucks.

This people are like, wow, who knew?

John, I knew because I pushed the shopping cart in my family as a single parent.

I'm parenting three kids who are 13, 17, and 20.

So basically three teenagers.

God help me.

I really think about what's it going to mean for them if we don't bring down the cost of housing?

What is it going to mean for them if we don't bravely tackle AI?

With all respect to Tom, his kids are going to be set.

They're trust fund kids and it's a different context.

So when we talk about like kitchen table economic issues and you hear politicians say that we should talk more about kitchen table economic issues, that stuff happens every night at my kitchen table.

And so I think that it's as much a question about are you really awake and attuned to what it's like for California families in a way that I just don't think a billionaire can be?

I mean, look, California's never elected a woman governor.