Letters to the Editor: Katie Porter is qualified to be governor. Don’t believe the memes that say otherwise
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To the editor: The brouhaha over the Katie Porter interview is fueled by false, social media-driven memes that try to say she lacks the qualifications to serve as governor (“‘I don’t want this all on camera,’ gubernatorial hopeful Katie Porter says in testy interview,” Oct. 8). The interviewer apparently expected her to calmly recite bland bromides. When she refused, elements of the Democratic establishment and her Republican haters quickly denounced Porter and attempted to discredit her candidacy.
California Democrats, don’t buy it. Today’s politics call for energetic defiance and a governor capable of countering the autarchic policies of President Trump. The vitality of international trade, a cornerstone of our economy, needs to be restored. Labor markets and flows, disrupted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and immigration restriction, require stabilization. And Porter’s record makes her ideally suited to take on one of our most pressing problems: housing availability and affordability.
In times like these, we need a person of conviction and democratic principle willing to confront the reactionary extremism of Trump and his minions. For a number of important reasons, Katie Porter fits the bill.
William Billingsley, Laguna Hills
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To the editor: She lost my vote. The last thing we need is another emotionally unregulated politician (“Outbursts by Katie Porter threaten gubernatorial ambitions,” Oct. 11).
Paige Zito, Valley Village
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To the editor: Female politicians are held to a standard of “niceness” that doesn’t seem to burden men. Now it’s Porter, but critics have also wagged fingers at former Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). You know who was ornery? Lyndon B. Johnson. But, at least domestically, he was one of our most effective presidents.
I don’t need Mary Poppins. I need someone who will be a smart, proactive governor, and Porter has already shown that she has what it takes.
Kay Gilbert, Manhattan Beach
