Katie Porter’s struggling campaign for California governor is bringing back the whiteboard with a NSFW message to voters.
“F— Trump!”
Those were the words the former congresswoman — whose polling has plummeted since videos leaked of her cursing out a staffer and melting down in a TV interview — displayed on a mini whiteboard Saturday and shouted at hundreds of people at the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco.
Opposition to President Trump has been a consistent thread in convention speeches, as Democratic candidates across the spectrum of elected offices push back on the White House’s policies.
But the response to Porter’s white board schtick and trying to kick off her speech with a “F— Trump” chant landed with a thud, as the former congresswoman stammered in front of a mostly quiet convention audience.
“Yeah, that’s right,” Porter said half-heartedly. “F— Trump.”
“Together, we’re going to kick Trump’s a— in November,” Porter continued. “I’ll stand up to Trump and his cronies, just like I did in Congress. With or without my whiteboard. But this election is about more than defeating Trump.”
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Porter, who frequently employed a whiteboard to excoriate corporate execs in congressional hearings, is one of seven Democratic candidates who are gumming up a race that could hand the June primary election to two front-running Republicans: former Fox News host Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco.
California has not had a Republican governor since Arnold Schwarzenegger left office in 2011.
Porter’s message to voters skews decidedly to the left of most candidates for governor.
In her speech, she proposed single-payer health care, zero tuition for University of California and California State University students, and eliminating the state income tax for people who earn less than $100,000 income.
But just to make sure she drilled the point home, Porter wasn’t done cursing.
“I’m running for governor,” she said, “because I’m willing and ready to get s— done.”
Porter, who was accused of verbally abusing her ex-husband, also emphasized her gender as a selling point.
“We have never had a governor in high heels,” Porter said, raising a foot to note that she was indeed wearing heels. “I think it’s about damn time.”
