California Democratic congressional candidate Katie Porter uses a previously viral interaction with a staffer in a new campaign television ad for governor. The ad centers on a moment captured on video in which Porter tells a staffer to “get out of my shot” while she is recording a separate video. The CBS News report notes that the campaign faced early criticism after the earlier clip surfaced, describing the staffer encounter as including profanity during the recording. In the newer ad, Porter repeats the phrase in a more lighthearted tone, according to The Hill, and frames it as a humorous reference to the earlier moment.
Overall, the two sources describe the same core event and the same campaign response: Porter incorporates the viral exchange into her messaging rather than directly avoiding it. The focus of the coverage is on how the ad repurposes the earlier video amid ongoing public attention, rather than on new policy positions or fresh allegations tied to the incident.
