Unearthed FEC records expose Katie Porter's hypocrisy after she fumes at 'new billionaire' joining race

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After billionaire activist Tom Steyer entered the California gubernatorial race Wednesday, former Congresswoman Katie Porter, who is also running for governor, blasted him despite previously taking thousands of dollars from him when she was in Congress. Porter said Steyer was entering the race claiming to fight "the very industries he got rich helping grow," to which the former member of Congress said: "I call bulls---." Meanwhile, FEC filings show Porter, who is claiming to fight Steyer, received more than $16,000 between her House campaigns and failed Senate campaign. "Katie Porter is the ultimate hypocrite and all she’s done in this race is step on one rake after another," a longtime Democratic strategist, who has worked with campaigns across the country, told Fox News Digital. "This is easily the most disastrous race a Democrat has been running in 2026, which is why Porter is a real liability at the top of the ticket and why Democrats are looking around for alternatives." TOM STEYER MOUNTS CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIAL BID, JOINING CROWD OF CANDIDATES JOCKEYING TO SUCCEED NEWSOM The Porter campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment on this story. Steyer, who once financed his own unsuccessful presidential bid in 2020, announced plans to enter the California gubernatorial race this week. The billionaire anti-Trump activist pledged to make life more affordable for working-class Americans and take on corporate interests in an announcement advertisement alerting people of his candidacy. Steyer specifically said he would take on the oil and tobacco industries in particular, which he touted a record of doing in the past as well. "A new billionaire in our race claims he'll fight the very industries he got rich helping grow — fossil fuel companies, tobacco, and private immigration detention facilities — at great cost to Californians," Porter posted on X after Steyer announced his run. "I call bulls---." Attached to Porter's post was also a screensho…