I think the label is actually part of the problem. So it's that I know how to talk, where you do things like don't take corporate PAC money,. When you knock them, doors of no party preference voters who think the Democratic Party is too beholden sometimes to corporate power open for you. And then those conversations happen. You don't win every voter because you don't compromise your principles, but you get to have the conversation and sometimes that gets you the vote. Where are you most vulnerable? The thing I hear the most is the Orange County is so tough. What's going to happen if you're not running? We have to win back the house.
After a quick discussion of last week’s TikTok testimony, Kara and Nayeema turn to today’s guest: Congresswoman Katie Porter. The California Democrat has gone viral for her whiteboard-wielding grilling of CEOs like Jamie Dimon and Mark Zuckerberg and her subtle art of not giving a f*ck during the recent marathon that was Kevin McCarthy’s speaker vote. But today, Kara’s the one doing the grilling (sans whiteboard). Taped live at Manny’s in San Francisco, the two talk about the aftershocks of Silicon Valley Bank as well as what was behind her very early announcement that she was running for Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat. Stay tuned until the end to hear what Kara’s mom thinks about Katie Porter.
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