Katie Porter turns out to be a mean boss. Voters, steer clear

Politics isn’t for the weak, but Porter looks like a ticking time bomb.

- MATT K. LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

IT'S BEEN A rough week or so for gubernatorial candidate (and former representative) Katie Porter (D-Irvine) — the kind of stretch that makes you wonder if her campaign bus runs on gas or spite.

First, Porter, 51, threatened to walk out of an interview with a local CBS affiliate after the interviewer had the unmitigated gall — gall! — to ask her what she would say to the 40% of California voters who voted for Trump.

Porter’s response was less “measured stateswoman” and more “substitute teacher after her fourth Starbucks of the day.”

“How would I need them in order to win, ma’am?” she snapped.

The reporter had a point. In California, the top two vote-getters emerge from the primary and face off in the general election, meaning that whoever hopes to win might need a few Republican votes to put them over the top.

But the moment was less about math or civics — and more about tone.

Then came the meltdown. “I don’t want to keep doing this. ... Not with seven followups to every single question you ask. ... I don’t want to have an unhappy experience with you, and I don’t want this all on camera.”

If you're first learning about this in print — where facial expressions and inflection are harder to convey — Porter’s vibe was... intense. Let’s just say, you wouldn’t want to ever have an “unhappy experience” with her.