The Democrat candidate in the lead to replace California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has a big problem, and it's not going away any time soon.

After videos showing Katie Porter bullying members of her staff in her former position as a congresswoman went viral last week, she refused to say during an interview with  “Inside California Politics” host Nikki Laurenzo published on Tuesday that there weren't more videos out there somewhere.

In a clip shared on X by KTLA, Porter said calmly, “I’m going to be honest with you, I know that that video, and that video was several years ago, as you know, and I apologized to that staffer that’s super important to me and will continue to try to hold myself to do better."

Should California voters feel confident that there aren't more controversial Katie Porter videos out there?@katieporteroc responds in an exclusive interview with Inside California Politics host @NikkiLaurenzo. The full interview will be posted later this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/HPPHISTUqt

— Inside California Politics (@CaliforniaICP) October 14, 2025

Is she too testy?

She also said she “could have handled things better” in the conversations shown in the videos, like one where she yells at a female staffer to “get out of my f–king shot” during a July 2021 Zoom session on environmental policy with the Biden administration.

The videos were unearthed by Politico after Porter clashed with CBS reporter Julie Watts during an interview that aired on October 6, during which Porter called Watts "unnecessarily argumentative" for asking how she planned to attract Trump voters.

Porter then tried to storm out of the interview.

“People who know me know I can be tough, but I need to do a better job expressing appreciation for the amazing work that my team does," she admitted to Laurenzo.

Still in the lead

Porter is still leading in the polls because California is ridiculously liberal, but she said she's focused on getting the trust of voters back after a number of Democrats in the state called for her to step aside.

“I’m taking responsibility for this situation, and I’m also not going to back down from fighting back for California, from being tough. I don’t think this is a moment where the same old, same old is going to cut it.”

Naturally, many are skeptical about whether the woman who once allegedly dumped steaming mashed potatoes on her then-husband can really rein in her fiery temper.

She's going to be walking on eggshells until the primary next year, and who knows what might happen between now and then.

She won't be the first politician who can be a jerk sometimes, but voters don't want to pull the lever when they know that ahead of time, especially Democrat voters.

Perhaps the incident will weaken her as a candidate, but probably not enough to lose against whatever Republican ends up opposite her.