I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan,Used

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A highoctane, nobullshit (The New Republic) memoir about reenergizing our politics and standing up to corporate Americawhile carting three kids around in a minivan.Just like her whiteboard schoolings of CEOs, this book showcases Katies ability to entertain while making the inner workings of Congress more accessible than ever before.Julia LouisDreyfusNever having run for office before, Katie Porter charted a new path in 2018 when she was elected to Congress as a Democrat in historically conservative Orange County, California. Underestimated as a single mom and chided for her progressive values, Katie defied expectations. Then, using her signature whiteboard, she began to take CEOs and corrupt government officials to task in Congressional hearings. The videos went viral, introducing Americans to her nobullshit style, and making her a coveted guest on cable news and latenight television.I SWEAR: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan is a witty, downtoearth exploration of what its really like to serve in Congress, particularly as a single mom. Katie offers Americans a clear picture of what their elected leaders are doingand how theyre doing itexposing the gaps between politicians press conferences and real peoples lives.Katie reveals how her challenges as an Iowa farmgirl diverted her to the Ivy League and how she came to see herself as a Californian, teaching law and raising three kids in Orange County. She shares why she made the jump from academia to politics and how she quickly mastered the art of making CEOs and cabinet members squirm when they bluff and bloviate instead of doing the job for America.With the same clarity she demonstrates in Congressional hearings, Katie makes the case for consumer protection, corporate accountability, and anticorruption reforms. She pulls back the curtain on the political messaging machine, campaign fundraising, and Congress traditions, showing that the way things have always worked, in fact, does not work for a Congressperson without someone at home to do the shopping and take care of the kids. Along the way, she provides whiteboard lessons on where your campaign donations go, how to fight the corporations that cheat you, and how to conduct her trademark robust oversight.Full of candid and inspiring storiesfrom how Katie lent Alexandria OcasioCortez a pair of sneakers during the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, to her kids lightly illegal campaign hijinksthis is a book by an exhausted, committed parent who just doesnt have the time for nonsense in her house or in the House of Representatives.