Katie Porter

Back to kind of the debate stage look like every debate has its own ebb and flow.

The more candidates you have on stage, the harder it is.

I think I was the only one who punched hard at Chad Bianco for telling California to get over racism.

And I said without mincing any words, racism is not something you get over.

Racism is something you fight.

And you, Mr. Bianco, are unfit to lead a state with as diverse as California.

What you're saying to black and brown Californians, to immigrant Californians is unacceptable.

But this is also a moment where people want to know you're tough, but they also want to feel like they can trust you.

And I think you're always having to balance that.

And so you're going to see that our first TV ads, they have me, they're up on air.

They have me with the whiteboard warrior.

I'm taking these people to task, you know, Diamond, Trump's appointees, Ben Carson.

And then you're going to see some ads that are more about like what we just talked about, like here I am, a mom.

Don't want my kid to live on my couch.

And frankly, like staring that down with these three teenagers.

Are they ever going to be able to live on their own?

And so I think you always want to have a balance on that.

But I don't think I've changed.

I think it's just like when you're doing an oversight hearing, you're there to do some oversight.

That stings.