Katie Porter regrets saying California Senate primary was rigged
Rep. Katie Porter says she regrets claiming that billionaires tried to "rig" the California Senate primary after she failed to advance to the general election.
Rep. Katie Porter says she regrets claiming that billionaires tried to "rig" the California Senate primary after she failed to advance to the general election.
"Obviously I wish I'd chosen a different word," Porter, D-Calif., said Tuesday on an episode of "Pod Save America."
"At no time and in no way would I ever suggest that there's anything other than a careful, thoughtful, amazing election system that actually should be the model for a lot of the country, in my opinion," she added.
A day after the March 5 primary, Porter thanked her supporters who “voted to shake up the status quo in Washington” before she ignited controversy by implying the election was rigged.
“Because of you, we had the establishment running scared — withstanding 3 to 1 in TV spending and an onslaught of billionaires spending millions to rig this election,” she said on X.
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