{"id":1801832,"date":"2023-01-11T07:35:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T12:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1801832"},"modified":"2023-01-11T07:36:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T12:36:30","slug":"reports-of-racism-and-toxic-work-culture-could-derail-katie-porter-senate-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-of-racism-and-toxic-work-culture-could-derail-katie-porter-senate-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports of Racism and Toxic Work Culture Could Derail Katie Porter Senate Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freports-of-racism-and-toxic-work-culture-could-derail-katie-porter-senate-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1801832&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX <\/strong>California Democrat Rep. Katie Porter\u2019s nascent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate\"><u>Senate <\/u><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Campaign<\/u> <\/a>The possibility of being hampered by racism or a toxic work environment could pose a problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Porter announced Tuesday she would run for the Senate seat currently occupied long-time California Democrat. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dianne-feinstein-memory-fading-senators-say-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Senator Dianne Feinstein<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;California needs a warrior in the Senate\u2014to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy,&#8221; Porter shared his thoughts on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rep-katie-porter-used-racist-language-ridiculed-people-reporting-sexual-harassment-ex-staffer-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>REP. KATIEPORTER USED RANCIST LANGUAGE. \u2018RIDICULED PEOPLE FOR REPORTING SEXUAL HARASSMENT,\u2019 EX-STAFFER CLAIMS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, I&#8217;m proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024,&#8221; She went on.<\/p>\n<p>However, Porter\u2019s campaign may be impeded by the accusations of racism against her as well as allegations of a toxic work culture.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-staffer for California Democrat claimed that the congresswoman had made rude and racist remarks to staff. She also stated that she was a racist. &#8220;ridiculed people for reporting sexual harassment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sasha Georgiades (a Navy veteran who was also a Wounded Warrior fellow) claimed that Porter used racial slurs in conversations with staff. Porter is now under scrutiny after leaked text messages revealed that she berated Georgiades about her contracting the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/katie-porter-mark-manson-house-of-representatives.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"An ex-staffer for California Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, pictured in the center, alleged that the congresswoman made rude and racist comments to staff and said that she \" ridiculed people for reporting sexual harassment  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Katie Porter (pictured in the middle) was an ex-staffer of the California Democratic Rep. Katie Porter. She claimed that the congresswoman made racist and rude comments to staff, and that she had been fired. &#8220;ridiculed people for reporting sexual harassment.&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Georgiades claimed that Porter mocked people who had reported her office for sexual harassment. &#8220;made fun of individuals whose parents passed away from COVID.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former Porter staffer noted that the staffer, who worked with her during her two-year period in Porter\u2019s office, left the office shortly &#8220;after the sexual harassment conversation&#8221; With the congresswoman.<\/p>\n<p>A social media account called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dear_white_staffers\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Dear White Staffers<\/u> <\/a>Pictures of conversations with anonymous ex Porter staffers were posted. They claimed to have heard the congresswoman say it. &#8220;rude\/racist things&#8221; While trying to &#8220;mask it as edgy humor&#8221; Democrat leadership and slandering them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1233942265.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A social media account called Dear White Staffers posted screenshots of conversations with anonymous ex-Porter staffers where the allegations of her saying \" rude \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Dear White Staffers, a social media account, posted screenshots of conversations between anonymous ex-Porter staffers. These were where her allegations were made. &#8220;rude\/racist things&#8221; While trying to &#8220;mask it as edgy humor&#8221; Democrat leadership and slandering them.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Robert Gauthier\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Thinks she knows better and talks s&#8212; about other members, leadership, staffers, local [elected officials], etc., at full volume, in public, and to literally [anyone] who will listen,&#8221; This is the text of the post.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Porter was also accused by the anonymous account of being a liar. &#8220;completely disinterested&#8221; Representative of her District in Congress. She also stated that the only staffers that appear to &#8220;survive are superfans that participate in or overlook the abuse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Give it time and it will rank among the legendary toxic offices,&#8221; Read the entire post<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Houston Keene works as a journalist for Fox News Digital. \u00a0Story tips can be sent to Houston.Keene@Fox.com and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST ON FOX California Democrat Rep. Katie Porter\u2019s nascent Senate Campaign The possibility of being hampered by racism or a toxic work environment could pose a problem. Porter announced Tuesday she would run for the Senate seat currently occupied long-time California Democrat. Senator Dianne Feinstein. &#8220;California needs a warrior in the Senate\u2014to stand up to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1801835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,4087,4421,5027,8475,9432,5243,3819,4564,3740,9660],"class_list":["post-1801832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-campaign","tag-culture","tag-derail","tag-katie","tag-porter","tag-racism","tag-report","tag-reports","tag-senate","tag-toxic"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1801832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1801835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1801832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1801832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}