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From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, when Katie Porter ran for Congress in 2018, she says she was acutely aware of her shortcomings, that she was a Democrat in Republican Orange County, that she'd never parachuted

into combat and even hated apple pie. But above all, she explains in her new memoir, she was

far from rich, which came to set her apart from her colleagues in the House, where she says,

quote, the privilege of wealth divides ruthlessly. We'll find out how Porter came to see being a single mom of three young

kids as an asset in Congress, along with her experience as a consumer protection attorney.

And we'll find out why she's running to be California's next senator. Join us.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. I swear, politics is messier than my minivan. That's the title of Katie Porter's new memoir, which is as cheeky and frank as the title suggests, sometimes even skewering her fellow Democrats. And you may have come to expect nothing less from the white board wielding

Congress member from Orange County, known for exposing the hypocrisy of corporate CEOs during

hearings. Porter flipped a Republican district in 2018, and earlier this year, announced

she's running for Diane Feinstein Senate seat. Congress member Katie Porter joins me now.

Welcome to Forum. Thank you for having me.

Glad to have you. So I had no idea until I read your book that whiteboard could be a verb.

It's a verb among you and your staff to whiteboard someone. So what does it mean exactly to

whiteboard someone? Well, I think what we're referring to is whether we're actually using a whiteboard or maybe some other proper tool, really trying to hold people to account.

And so when we say we're going to whiteboard somebody, we mean we're going to really lay out the case for what they need to be held to account for, and we're going to ask the question and set the

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