Slimmed-down former Congresswoman Katie Porter sparked Ozempic rumors as she shared a clip of herself scathing President Trump’s tariff plan.
Porter, a former House member who lost a run for Senate last year, took to X to share her thoughts on the tariffs after global markets were devastated over the weekend.
‘I might be smiling at you, but make no mistake, I am pissed,’ Porter began her speech.
An economics expert, Porter made a name for herself in Congress for often using a whiteboard to berate Wall Street leaders and lobbyists.
Now out of office, the California Democrat waded into the spotlight this week as she shared her thoughts on Trump’s tariff plan, for which she branded him an ‘absolute idiot.’
But some viewers were focusing more on Porter’s apparent weight loss, including speculation she could be on Ozempic.
Journalist Jennifer Van Laar, editor of conservative outlet Red State, retweeted the clip and simply captioned it: ‘Ozempic face.’
Another viewer remarked on Porter’s re-appearance in the public eye following her election loss in November, saying: ‘Wow. Hadn’t seen her in a while. Wow.’
Porter’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the rumors.
Slimmed-down former Congresswoman Katie Porter sparked Ozempic rumors as she shared a clip of herself scathing President Trump’s tariff plan
Some viewers were focusing more on Porter’s apparent weight loss, including speculation she could be on Ozempic
Porter is pictured in March 2024, before her alleged transformation. The Democrat lawmaker is seen as a rising star in her party
Following her election loss to Senator Adam Schiff in November, Porter wasted no time in throwing her hat back in the ring.
She is currently campaigning for the 2026 California gubernatorial election, with current Governor Gavin Newsom term-limited next year.
In her clip this week taking aim at Trump’s tariffs, Porter echoed Democrats’ outrage at the plan and subsequent market fallout, with trillions lost in global markets in recent days.
Porter claimed that Trump introduced a plan that ‘virtually every single economist has said is a sure loser.’
‘And what are the consequences?’ she questioned. ‘Higher prices for all of us. Real pain.’
Trump’s tariff plan continues to wreak havoc on the markets after he introduced a raft of levies last Wednesday, in what he described as ‘liberation day.’
On Monday, the S&P 500 rank 0.2 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 349 points, or 0.9 percent, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.1 percent.
Stocks in Hong Kong plunged 13.2 percent for their worst day since 1997, while a barrel of US crude oil, an economic benchmark, dipped below $60 for the first time since 2021.
Porter served in Congress from 2019 to 2025, but left the House for an unsuccessful run at the Senate last year, and she is currently a candidate for California Governor in 2026 . She is pictured in April 2023
Trump’s plan included a 10 percent ‘baseline’ tariff on all US imports except from Mexico and Canada, with further levies handed to 57 nations and trading partners.
The European Union and China are readying to be handed an extra set of tariffs on Wednesday, sending global markets into a tailspin.
It comes as world-renowned economist Brent Neiman revealed that he was left stunned when he realized that President Donald Trump used his research to leverage his lofty worldwide tariffs – and claimed the administration grossly overcalculated how much each country owes.
Neiman, a University of Chicago Economics Professor and Biden-era Treasury official, said he was confused when the president held up his sign showing the amount of tariffs he would impose on 60 countries last Wednesday.
‘My first question, when the White House unveiled its tariff regime was: How on Earth did they calculate such huge rates?’ he wrote in an op-ed for the The New York Times.
University of Chicago Economics Professor Brent Neiman was left stunned when he learned the Trump administration invoked his research to leverage his lofty worldwide tariffs
Nieman wrote that he was confused when the president held up his sign showing the amount of tariffs he would impose on 60 countries last Wednesday in what Trump dubbed Liberation Day
Neiman – who has prestigious degrees from Harvard, Oxford, and UPenn – had his question answered the next day, when he realized that the ordeal was ‘personal.’
‘The Office of the US Trade Representative released its methodology and cited an academic paper produced by four economists, including me, seemingly in support of their numbers,’ he said.
‘But they got it wrong. Very wrong.’
Neiman explained that the Trump administration erroneously added a 25 percent rate to the formula Neiman and his colleagues had created – meaning that the tariff rates Trump imposed should all be four times less.
