Rep. Katie Porter (California) attacks Riley Gaines, gets her head handed to her by Piers Morgan and Bill Maher as audience applaud

Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) - run state

 Thomas Lifson   "Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) is supposed to be very smart, what with Yale undergraduate and Harvard Law degrees and a tenured professorship in her background. But she was made a fool of on national TV, perhaps because she spends too much time with members of the House Progressive Caucus, of which she is Chairperson.

Perhaps that is why it came as a surprise to her that biological males competing in women’s sports are not nearly as popular as she thought, even on a lefty show like Real Time with Bill Maher. And that attacking Riley Gaines (verbally, not physically like the thugs at San Francisco State University) does not generate a lot of support.  

Matt Margolis of PJ Media describes Porter’s blunder:

She likely assumed that she was in friendly territory and ended up embarrassing herself multiple times. One exchange that did her no favors was during a discussion on transgender athletes competing in sports.

Porter tried to sound measured on the issue but got destroyed after mocking Riley Gaines, who has been speaking out in defense of women’s sports.. . .

“ 'I think that it should be up to sporting bodies to make the decisions about who—”

“ 'What has she said that is actually wrong?” Morgan asked.

"Porter then accused Gaines of trying to “get likes and get clicks,” which didn’t sit well with Morgan. ". . .

"The Biden administration has proposed a new Title IX rule change that would prevent schools from banning transgender athletes, including that no school or college that receives federal funding to impose rules that would prevent transgender athletes from competing."

California Hits the Gas on Its Way to Failed Commie Statehood  "I am well aware that many who read today’s headline will think, “On its way?!?!?”

"California is a lot more than what people outside of it see. I lived there for four years when I was a kid and spent over 20 years there as an adult. There are still a lot of good people there, and the physical beauty of the state remains unchanged.

"The politics, sadly, are rotten to the core.

"When I left there a little over five years ago, the politics in Sacramento were descending into a hideous place they hadn’t been in all the time I’d lived there. Still, I Ioved Los Angeles (judge away, haters) so much that I had to tear myself away.

"In the time that I’ve been away, the state has suffered under the draconian egomania of Gavin Newsom, and it hasn’t been pretty. Newsom began his political career in San Francisco, the city that spawned bottom-feeding haters of liberty like Dianne Feinstein, Granny Boxwine Pelosi, and the cackling weirdo who is currently one heartbeat away from the presidency, Kamala Harris.

"Under normal circumstances, the governor’s vibe wouldn’t affect so much of what goes on in the state. The Wuhan Chinese Bat Flu Plague, however, gave Democrat governors like Newsom a taste of tyrannical power that they have been reluctant to give up. The Golden State is now very much a reflection of its Soviet-esque chief executive. A couple of recent stories just reek of the Newsomness of it all. The first one from Rick:". . .