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California's unsinkable Katie Porter
California's unsinkable Katie Porter
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24 minutes
Released:
Jun 7, 2021
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Podcast episode
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California Rep. Katie Porter (D -Irvine) has been a political rock star ever since the progressive won the 45th Congressional District seat in South Orange County — long a bastion of conservative politics — in 2018. We talk to her about her Iowa roots, the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol invasion, her attempts at bipartisanship and the color of her favorite marker that she uses for her already-legendary whiteboard lectures during congressional hearings.More reading:Democrats loved Katie Porter when she bashed Trump. Now she is making them squirmVideo: Katie Porter’s “Whiteboard of Justice”Video: Rep. Katie Porter on impeachment and the consequences of Jan. 6
Released:
Jun 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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