{"id":37019,"date":"2026-05-07T08:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/?p=37019"},"modified":"2026-05-07T08:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:59:15","slug":"katie-porter-tries-to-woo-suburban-moms-by-berating-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/katie-porter-tries-to-woo-suburban-moms-by-berating-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Porter Tries To Woo Suburban Moms By Berating Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IRVINE, CALIFORNIA \u2014 In a desperate bid to humanize her image ahead of the June primary, gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter pivoted from the traditional baby-kissing campaign trail clich\u00e9, attempting\u00a0to win over the crucial suburban mom demographic by berating every infant within a three-county radius.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses say Porter was in the middle of a pre-recorded TikTok explaining why California\u2019s $6-a-gallon gas prices are actually a visual metaphor for corporate greed when a six-month-old in a nearby stroller let out a faint, gurgling whimper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You\u2019re in my f***ing shot,&#8221; Katie Porter yelled over at the baby, getting up to confront the unruly infant. &#8220;Can&#8217;t you see I&#8217;m making a video here, you little crybaby? You were also in my shot before that. Stay out of my shot. If you get in my shot again you&#8217;ll be wearing some steaming hot Russet potatoes. Got it? And don&#8217;t forget, vote for Porter for governor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Porter campaign defended the outburst, calling it a \u201crefreshingly authentic\u201d alternative to the polished nature of her opponents who pretend to like children.<\/p>\n<p>At press time, Porter was last seen trying to explain to an infant the overlap between &#8220;Undecided Voters&#8221; and &#8220;People Who Need to Shut the F*** Up While I\u2019m Talking.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRVINE, CALIFORNIA \u2014 In a desperate bid to humanize her image ahead of the June primary, gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter pivoted from the traditional baby-kissing campaign trail clich\u00e9, attempting\u00a0to win over the crucial suburban mom demographic by berating every infant within a three-county radius. Witnesses say Porter was in the middle of a pre-recorded TikTok [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[108,857,912,1113],"class_list":["post-37019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-baby","tag-california","tag-election","tag-rated-g"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}