Katie Porter clashes with Tom Steyer over California wealth tax | RISING

0:05 I'm confused.

0:06 Do you support the billionaire's tax that is going

0:09 to [clears throat] be on the ballot in November?

0:12 Yes or no?

0:13 Katie, I just said I will vote for it if it's on the ballot in November.

0:21 So, and so what I've said is just go far enough.

0:25 Now, Katie Porter and Tommy Styer sparring off in the California

0:28 governor's debate over the proposed 5% wealth tax on billionaires.

0:32 Porter has said she's against that proposal,

0:35 which could be approved by voters this November.

0:37 But Styer, who is a billionaire himself,

0:39 said that he thinks the tax doesn't go far enough,

0:42 adding, quote, "Billionaires like me should pay more taxes."

0:45 Tuesday was the latest California gubernatorial debate.

0:48 With less than a month to go until the state's nonpartisan primary,

0:51 seven candidates qualified for the debate, five Democrats and two Republicans.

0:55 Recent polls are showing a tight race.

0:57 A poll from Yugob shows Tommy Styer

0:59 and Republican candidate Steve Hilton as the top two,

1:02 but no candidates managed to pull ahead with a substantial uh lead.

1:06 Um, I think as far as name recognition,

1:09 Katie Katie Porter and Tom Styer are up there, but for the wrong reasons,

1:13 like a billionaire trying to represent California and Katie Porter because uh,

1:17 bad behavior.

1:18 And I I make fun of Katie Porter a lot, and we're going to get into a little bit

1:21 more of that because But this is the quintessential.

1:24 I find her on a personality base very bad,

1:29 but because I'm ultimately not about personality, but

1:34 she is.

1:34 I again, I think she's bad.

1:36 I I don't like her on a personality base.

1:38 She is far less insane than Tommy Styer.

1:42 And if I was for I wouldn't support either one of them,

1:44 but if I was forced to pick between the two, I would pick her over Tommy Styer.

1:49 Tommy Styer is a crazy person.

1:51 And the idea of him becoming governor is insane.

1:54 Like run, flee, flee for your lives.

1:57 Get out of California.

1:58 I don't I don't understand his I don't agree.

2:00 I think he can't say

2:02 he cannot say that he want disagrees with the billionaire tax because

2:05 it probably looks bad to even have a billionaire in the race.

2:08 He is a billionaire.

2:09 But I think I know that's what I'm saying.

2:10 He can't be the one to say it,

2:11 but most people even the working class disagree with this tax because they've

2:16 tried it in the past a few years ago and it didn't pass.

2:18 So just he can just figure out a way for messaging.

2:21 I mean he spent millions of dollars.

2:22 You'll probably love him.

2:23 I just saw him calling for a halt to uh autonomous uh truck driving.

2:28 Oh get him in office.

2:29 Oh my god.

2:30 Get him in office.

2:31 So you want people to die?

2:33 What?

2:33 That's They've had all these truck driving incidents because

2:36 illegal immigrants are driving them and crashing into everybody.

2:38 So instead of that, we'll just have computers drive them which have

2:41 no accidents and people be safer and he wants to stop that.

2:45 So you want to end up on train tracks with no driver.

2:47 It's safer.

2:48 Do you want to run this?

2:49 Do you want to end up on train tracks, no driver?

2:52 No.

2:52 I don't want to be run over by an illegal immigrant either.

2:54 Okay.

2:54 Both these things have happened.

2:55 Train tracks with no driver.

2:57 Illegal immigrants driving.

2:58 They need regulation.

3:00 Strike me dead.

3:01 Like things can happen,

3:02 but we've run the studies and it's safer to do it this way.

3:06 Okay.

3:06 These autonomous vehicles have also picked up children.

3:09 They're not supposed to do that.

3:10 I How do we get into this conversation?

3:11 Let's stick to the script.

3:12 Katie Porter also recently released a new campaign ad,

3:15 poking fun at a video that went viral last year where

3:17 the former congresswoman can be seen yelling at a staffer to quote,

3:20 "Get out of my shot." Here's some of that ad.

3:23 To give Californians what they need,

3:25 it's going to take standing up to Donald Trump,

3:28 calling out greedy corporations, and stepping on some toes along the way.

3:32 Now, could you guys please get out of my shot?

3:37 Yeah, I saw people dunking on her for this.

3:40 I thought it was very cringe.

3:42 I actually didn't think it was

3:44 so terrible to acknowledge the really embarrassing.

3:47 Look, she's a she's a mean person.

3:49 She comes across as a mean person and again that's bad.

3:54 I don't think she should be the governor but I

3:56 really don't think Tom Styer should be the governor.

3:58 So I don't I don't think it was that bad.

3:59 I think you have to make light of it and do

4:01 something because the way that she's been treating people is not appropriate.

4:04 And I do like to start with moral character and then go from there.

4:08 Okay.

4:08 I know we disagree with that.