Katie Porter: “Today's hearing topic, the ongoing battle against hate, is really personal for my community in Orange County.”

I’m going to be focused on earning their votes and earning their trust.

Running a race like this isn't easy, and coming up short is hard, but democracy is worth doing hard things for.

I’m going to hold myself to that standard, to do better and to acknowledge that I fell short.

I absolutely understand that I could have been better in those moments.