Radical Democrat Katie Porter Accusations of Abusing Husband Resurface Amid Senate Run and Book Launch

Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) divorced from her husband Matthew Hoffman in 2013 following accusations of abuse that have resurfaced thanks to her rising profile in the California democrat Party given the announcement of a Senate run to fill Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) seat and launch of a memoir.

According to The Daily Mail, Porter announced her run for the Senate seat earlier this year writing on Twitter, “California needs a warrior in the Senate—to 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.”

California needs a warrior in the Senate—to 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.

Today, I'm proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024. pic.twitter.com/X1CSE8T12B

— Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) January 10, 2023

In addition to her Senate campaign, she also launched a new book this week titled, “I SWEAR: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan”, which is a memoir of her political career.

Today's the day! My new book, I SWEAR: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan, is out now. It's available wherever books and audiobooks (this one's narrated by me!) are sold. #ISwearBook

More info ➡️ https://t.co/KeWxVXmpkY pic.twitter.com/4ogBMuY0Ka

— Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) April 11, 2023

California Democrats are going to have to decide between Rep. Porter, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Barbara Lee for the primary election to determine the next state senator.

Voters should know, however, of Porter’s past which has been riddled with anger issues and abusiveness in her personal life. Porter and her husband divorced in 2013 but decided to stay in the same home where the relationship deteriorated. It broke down so much that they both ended up filing restraining orders against each other despite raising school-aged children.

Hoffman was a stay-at-home dad and throughout the divorce filing, he explains that Porter would get extremely angry saying things like “You f***ing idiot!” and “You’re f***ing incompetent.”

According to Katie Porter's ex-husband in their divorce docs, she once poured boiling potatoes on his head, struck him in the face when he tried to stop her from yelling at their kid, among other psychopathic shit.https://t.co/58JHGDb6He pic.twitter.com/AkyCNsi6Jy

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 12, 2023

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Other outbursts of anger include Porter throwing hot mashed potatoes onto Hoffman’s head thus leaving burns after she yelled at her husband for not making the food correctly. “She then took the ceramic bowl of steaming hot potatoes and dumped it on my head, burning my scalp,” the divorce filing explained. 

One particular episode took place when Porter returned home to an unclean house leading her to slam a glass coffee pot on the counter while yelling, “This house is a mess! You f***ing slob! You’re incompetent! What the f*** do you do all day!” with her children in the room.

Porter has repeatedly denied the accusations, particularly during her previous campaigns for House, and said that she was a victim of abuse by her husband.

Similar unpleasant behavior has been seen in her work life as well with the representative firing a House staffer in 2020 she was exposed to Covid-19 as evidenced by a text exchange.

VIBE CHECK: Rep. Katie Porter fires staffer after both test positive for COVID. Full texts from the Congresswoman firing the staffer via text. Shared with permission from staffer. pic.twitter.com/jbhn2NzrmB

— Dear White Staffers (@DWS________) December 29, 2022

It is clear that Porter has a number of potentially personal failings that could hurt her campaign for the California senate seat. Given these accusations, it is possible that her opponents in the primary will use this to their advantage to disparage Porter and defeat her in the Democrat primary race.

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