Rep. Katie Porter Speaks Out On Being A Single Mom And Running For Senator | The View

[ APPLAUSE ] >> Whoopi: SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CALIFORNIA REPRESENTATIVE KATIE PORTER ON OUR SHOW SEVERAL TIMES, AND SHE'S BEING ASKED ABOUT WORK/LIFE BALANCE AS SHE RUNS FOR SENATE. SHE SAYS IT'S OTHER MOMS WHO ARE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR KIDS IF YOU WIN BECAUSE SHE'S A SINGLE MOM AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING THE QUESTIONS ARE

FEMALE REPORTERS, WHO ARE ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT BALANCE. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT. >> Joy: DO THEY ASK THE MEN THE SAME QUESTION? >> Whoopi: I DON'T KNOW. I JUST KNOW THEY ASKED HER. >> Joy: IT SEEMS THEY ASK WOMEN THAT QUESTION MORE THAN THEY ASK MEN AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THEY WANT US, TO NOT HAVE CHILDREN IN THIS WORLD? HAVE CAREERS

-- >> Whoopi: THE FEMALE REPORTERS THAT ARE ASKING ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW SHE IS BALANCING ALL OF THIS. SHE'S EXTRAORDINARY. SHE'S EXTRAORDINARY. >> Joy: AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THEY ASKED DONALD TRUMP HOW HE DID HIS -- >> Whoopi: HE WOULD HAVE SAID I GAVE THEM TO THE WIFE. >> Joy: EXACTLY SO EVERYBODY NEEDS A WIFE INCLUDING KATIE PORTER. >> Alyssa: THIS MORNING I ASKED

POPPY HARLOW. HOW DO YOU DO IT ALL, HAVING KIDS AND FULL TIME JOBS THAT ARE SUPER HIGH STRESS AND DEMANDING. I'M GLAD SHE FRAMED IT THAT WAY. I SAY IT OUT OF I'M INSPIRED BY YOU AND YOU TOO. IT'S AN ASPIRATIONAL THING. YOU'RE ALL MOMS BUT I ONLY ASK YOU TWO. >> Sara: I DON'T THINK IT'S RUDE AT ALL. I STILL DO ASK THAT QUESTION. IN

LIFE YOU'RE LOOKING TO SHARE SOMETHING WHETHER A SILVER BULLET, A HACK. DO I SEE MYSELF IN YOUR STORIES? I TOTALLY SUPPORT PEOPLE ASKING. I LOVE IN THE ARTICLE SHE COMPARED IT TO RIDING A BIKE. SHE SAID YOU WOBBLE TO ONE WAY, YOU WOBBLE TO THE OTHER, YOU KEEP PEDALING, SOMETIMES YOU STOP FOR A WATER BREAK. I LIKE TO USE THE IT'S KIND OF LIKE JUGGLING. MOST

DAYS YOU'RE JUST TRYING NOT TO DROP A BALL. YOU'RE NOT LOOKING PRETTY AND NOT CIRQUE du SOLEIL, LET THESE GLASS BALLS NOT BREAK. >> Sunny: IT FELT SEXIST TO ME. I AGREE WITH JOY. YOU DON'T HEAR MEN BEING ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WIFE AT HOME THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF IT OR PUT SOME SYSTEMS IN PLACE BUT I THINK WOMEN, WE'VE LEARNED

TO PUT SYSTEMS IN PLACE. SOME OF THE WORST ADVICE I GOT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT GETS EASIER AS THE KIDS GET OLDER. NO, IT REALLY DOESN'T ACTUALLY. [ LAUGHTER ] AS THEY GET OLDER -- SEE, SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE, UH-HUH. 16, 17, 18, THEY'RE NOT REALLY GUTS. THEIR FRONTAL LOCATIONS AREN'T TOTALLY DEVELOPED AND MAKING DECISIONS AND THEY STILL NEED YOU TO GUIDE THEM SO I DON'T

THINK YOU EVER TRULY HAVE THAT WORK/LIFE BALANCE THAT PEOPLE CLAIM THAT -- >> Joy: UNLESS THE FATHER IS HOME. >> Sunny: UNLESS SOMEONE IS THERE TO PICK UP THE SLACK. >> Joy: THE MOTHER IF THEY'RE A GAY COUPLE. >> Alyssa: THEY SAY SHE'S A WORKING MOM. MY PARENTS LIVED ON DIFFERENT COASTS AND MY MOM WAS ALWAYS WORKING FULL TIME. HER BOSS SAID YOU WON'T HAVE ANOTHER

KID. YOU WOULDN'T POSSIBLY THINK -- SHE MADE IT WORK. IT WASN'T EASY BUT THERE'S MILLIONS OF SINGLE MOMS WHO SOMEHOW -- >> Whoopi: SUBURBAN QUESTIONS BECAUSE MY MOM NEVER -- YOU KNOW, MY MOM WAS A SINGLE MOM TOO. AND SHE DID WHAT SHE HAD TO DO. SHE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO, OH, HOW AM I DOING THIS BECAUSE SHE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF TWO KIDS.

SHE DID WHAT SHE NEEDED TO DO AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO AS MOMS. THEY DON'T ASK THE DADS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BABIES. THEY GO HOME TO BABIES. THEY DON'T HAVE BABIES. >> Joy: THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOT TO HARP ON THEM AGAIN. >> Whoopi: OH, NO. >> Joy: BASICALLY HOLDING UP -- THEY HELD UP THE DEBT LIMIT CONVERSATION FOR MONTHS, WHY? BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO

CORRECTLY. >> Alyssa: THAT GOT AMENDED IN THE SENATE AND I AGREE WITH THE SENATE REPUBLICANS' VERSION ACTIVELY TRYING TO PURSUE WORK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LAND WORK. THE GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE IN THE WORKFORCE. >> Whoopi: LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS. 95% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING HELP ARE LOOKING FOR WORK, NOBODY WANTS THIS FREE MONEY THAT PEOPLE THINK IS SO MUCH. YOU

KNOW WHAT, WHEN I WAS ON WELFARE BECAUSE I WAS A WELFARE MOM, THEY PAID US $27 A WEEK. >> Sunny: I'M SURE IT HASN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH. >> Whoopi: ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS WORK. THE PROBLEM, WHEN YOU WORK, THEY TAKE MONEY OUT, SO THEY'RE KEEPING YOU FROM WORKING. >> Alyssa: INCENTIVIZE GETTING OFF IT. >> Whoopi: NO, CHANGE THE RULE. IF PEOPLE -- IF SOMEBODY

GETS A JOB, LET THEM KEEP THAT JOB UNTIL YOU KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO LAST. LET THEM DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. THE SECOND YOU START TAKING MONEY AWAY NOW YOU'VE PUT THEM IN A WORSE POSITION BECAUSE NOW IT'S LIKE IF I DON'T WORK I HAVE ENOUGH OF WHAT I NEED. >> Sunny: HOW EXPENSIVE IS CHILD CARE? >> Whoopi: CHILD CARE, FOOD STAMPS. PEOPLE THINK

THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS MONEY. PEOPLE WANT TO WORK. STOP. I JUST REALLY NEED PEOPLE TO STOP DOING THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S WHAT THEY USED TO DO WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT BLACK GIRLS WHO JUST WANTED TO LAY AROUND AND HAVE BABIES. ALL THESE KINDS OF TRICK THINGS, THEY'RE NOT -- IT'S NOT SO. PEOPLE WANT WORK. PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THEIR KIDS

JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND SOMETIMES YOU DO. LET'S BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, OPEN TO THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY REALLY IS TRYING. MAYBE THERE'S 3% WHO ARE NOT BUT EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO, LIKE, DO THE RIGHT TH