The Powerful Parable of Katie Porter

The True Cost of Selfishness: How It Affects Us All

Former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter was the frontrunner in the California governor’s race until her self-centered anger sparked an avalanche of videos and stories about her whole history of being the worst Karen ever and the ultimate “boss from hell” stories—image courtesy of her campaign website, KatiePorter.com.

Katie Porter, the queen of Karens, proves self-control matters more than self-esteem.

In mere minutes, she went from frontrunner to also-ran in the California governor’s race. New candidates are already rushing to get into the race.

The betting platform Kalshi showed her chances of winning collapsed from 40 percent last week to 15 percent this morning as the videos spread. But most of her losses occurred almost instantly.

The Porter Privilege Principle: Voters forgive many evils (like the Virginia Democrat fantasizing about shooting people), but if you betray your own people, your support will fall faster. Especially when it’s on video.

“Be kind,” we once said. She missed the memo.

It’s like having a normal debate and suddenly slapping your opponent. The one who escalates into violence instantly gets all the blame and disdain.

The peril of the Porter Privilege Principal is compounded by the disingenuous “fill in the blank” boilerplate apologies she releases after every embarrassing display of hubris. People can’t stop watching: