In a podcast appearance, Rep. Katie Porter said she regretted calling the Senate primary rigged while also decrying the flow of dark money in the race.
The outspoken Rep. Katie Porter is cleaning up after a controversial comment she made in the aftermath of her California Senate primary loss to fellow Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey. Days after the March 5 primary, when it became clear she wouldn't win, Porter tweeted a thanks to her supporters accompanied by a dig.
She also lambasted Schiff for spending tens of millions of dollars in campaign funds to boost the profile of Garvey, a former baseball player, by saying 'he was too conservative for California.' These ads had the effect of helping the former Padres and Dodgers baseball star to consolidate support among the smaller but still significant number of Republicans in the state, which proved to be enough for him to leapfrog prominent Democratic rivals like Porter and Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland.
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