California gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter went on CNN's "Inside Politics" Monday and accused fellow Democrat Tom Steyer of leaking a damaging video of her screaming at a staffer. The problem? She admitted on air that she has no evidence. CNN's Dana Bash had to immediately distance the network from Porter's claim. When CNN — the network that spent four years treating anonymous sources as gospel — says you've gone too far, you've lapped the crazy track twice.

Imagine being so reckless that CNN becomes the voice of journalistic restraint.

Here's what Porter actually said: "Given that Tom Steyer is the person who leaked the video with me and the staffer from five years ago, he pretty clearly wanted to be governor bad enough to knock me down to do it." She claimed the video originated from the Department of Energy, offering exactly zero proof. Just vibes. Just accusations. Just Katie Porter doing Katie Porter things.

Bash's response was immediate and devastating: "I should note that we don't have evidence that Steyer leaked that video of you. If you have it, please bring it." That's CNN-speak for "you just made that up on our air and we'd like to not get sued, thanks."

But Porter wasn't done. She then went after Xavier Becerra, the former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary and former California attorney general who's also running for governor. Porter claimed Becerra could be named a co-conspirator in a corruption charge, saying "I do not have the facts here, but the people who are currently negotiating plea deals in Sacramento do." She then added: "If they implicate him, I have zero doubt that he will be indicted."

Read that again. "I do not have the facts here." She literally said that. On national television. While accusing a fellow Democrat of potential criminal conspiracy.

She then tried to fearmonger that if Becerra makes California's top-two primary and gets indicted, the state could end up with Republican Steve Hilton as governor. "If he is, and the top two include him and Steve Hilton, we would wind up with a Republican governor," Porter warned. Oh no. Not a Republican. The horror.

Steyer's campaign spokesperson Sepi Esfahlani fired back: "Tom has nothing to do with that video. This is an attempt from Katie Porter to deflect from her past mistakes. Katie Porter only has one person to blame for her standing in the race, and it's herself." Becerra's spokesperson was equally blunt: "Katie Porter is grasping at straws. The FBI looked into this and found no wrongdoing by Xavier Becerra."

So let's recap. Porter went on CNN, accused one opponent of leaking a video with no evidence, accused another opponent of being a future criminal co-conspirator while admitting she doesn't have the facts, and got publicly corrected by the host. All in one interview. On a friendly network.

This is what happens when Democrats eat their own, and as Louder With Crowder reported, it's spectacular to watch. Porter built her brand on being the whiteboard-wielding wonk who "follows the data." Now she's throwing accusations around like confetti at a parade nobody came to.

When even CNN puts a disclaimer on your interview, you're not running a campaign. You're running a fever.

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