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Rep. Katie Porter scalded ex-husband's scalp with potatoes: documents
2023-04-14
[NYPOST] The former husband of Rep. Katie Bat Girl Porter
...Dem law professor, attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,'s 45th congressional district (Orange County) since 2019. Katie takes her job and her personal dignity so seriously she once showed up for a committee hearing dressed as Batman....
said the California Democrat frequently abused him verbally and threw "toys, books and other objects" at him during their marriage — even pouring scalding-hot mashed potatoes on his head during a fight, according to divorce records.

Matthew Hoffman, who filed for divorce from Porter in 2013, said in a request for a restraining order dated April 30 of that year that he was "routinely" called a "f—ing idiot" and "f—ing incompetent" by his rage-prone spouse, who also shattered a glass coffee pot on their kitchen counter in March 2012 when she felt their house wasn’t clean enough.

"She would not let me have a cell phone because she said, ’You’re too f—ing dumb to operate it,’" Hoffman said of Porter, 49, who has also been accused of ridiculing former members of her staff.

"When she gets angry, she will claw and scratch her arms and then say to me ’Look what you made me do!’" Hoffman also said in the records, first obtained by DailyMail.com. "She regularly says that I am a bad parent in front of the kids ... Recently the children began spitting at me and throwing their food at me, calling me ’bad daddy.’"
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Posted by:Fred

#19   rare commentator
Posted by: GoldenShellback


But I always notice when you do, my dear — you are both sensible and interesting, a valued member of our company. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-04-14 22:46  

#18  Not to sound sexist but I finally realize why Mohammed didn't consider women to be people.
Posted by: Clem Pholuque8480   2023-04-14 20:54  

#17  I think Katie Porter is paid by Adam Schiff to make him seem like an acceptable alternative.
Posted by: Frank G   2023-04-14 18:01  

#16  Richard was freebasing coke. Michael Jackson was freebasing Pepsi I think.
Posted by: Lowspark   2023-04-14 16:07  

#15  Richard Pryor got scalded by his crack pipe back in the day.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-04-14 14:51  

#14  Sherriff Andy Taylor was a nice and passive man. He would also grab up a shotgun and take care of business when duty called.
Posted by: Lowspark   2023-04-14 14:49  

#13  Al Green got scalded by hot grits back in the day.
Posted by: Lowspark   2023-04-14 14:20  

#12  ^Thank you for your service.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-04-14 13:43  

#11  I have known them both personally while they were together and I will attest that Matt Hoffman is the nicest most passive man you could ever meet. KP on the other hand is not nice or passive unfortunately as we can see with her power play to take up DFs very powerful seat. This is all a setup by larger forces. Skull and bones? Nah, it’s their rivals across the street that are the ones that have the controls now. Hoffman is a good guy. -Longtime lurker and rare commentator
Posted by: GoldenShellback    2023-04-14 12:22  

#10  Full on bat shit crazy.

Why would any self-respecting man put up with even one minute of such abuse? Oh, that's right. He has no self-respect.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-04-14 11:51  

#9  Using a purse instead of the bat-belt makes her look crazy.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-04-14 11:23  

#8  I see a lot of evidence of her poor decision making on a personal level. That makes Batgirl a perfect candidate to make substantial decisions for all of us. I imagine her moniker is sharpied onto her Starbucks cup.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-04-14 11:00  

#7  We're so luck here in CA - the election is really between her and Schiff-for-brains. It's a win-win!
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-04-14 10:59  

#6  MikeKozlowski that's what seh wore to congressional sessions. She's batty. Nuts.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2023-04-14 09:46  

#5  Both parties play the "don't ask questions you might not like the answers of" with their candidates.

See: Todd Akin, Roy Moore.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-04-14 08:36  

#4  I have to ask the obvious question.

During her election campaigning, did this even come up? OR if it did, was it a PLUS for her, given its Kalifornia?


Posted by: NN2N1   2023-04-14 08:19  

#3  Mr. Potato Head.

Posted by: Skidmark   2023-04-14 07:16  

#2  Porter graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School and has taught law at several universities, including the University of California, Irvine, William S. Boyd School of Law, and University of Iowa. Porter declined to seek reelection to the U.S House of Representatives in 2024 and became a candidate in the 2024 Senate election in California, to succeed retiring incumbent Dianne Feinstein.

Over-educated and can't hold a job. Perfect politician.
Posted by: Bobby   2023-04-14 07:01  

#1  ...I'm sorry, but by the time you get to the mashed-potatoes stage, the marriage can't be saved.

And for God's sakes woman, lose the Batgirl outfit.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2023-04-14 06:36  

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