No matter where they are from, Republicans are used to taking questions from usually hostile reporters. Since most journalists lean left (but not here at the Washington Examiner!), any Republican who has survived at least one election cycle knows how to answer tough questions.But not Democrats. And especially not Democrats from deep-blue states like California.“By the way, this is a profile piece, this is not a gotcha piece, right?” former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is heard asking KTLA reporter Annie Rose Ramos.
Xavier Becerra talks with KTLA’s Annie Rose Ramos in May 2026. (Courtesy of KTLA)
“Look, I think these questions are fair. It’s in order to learn about you as a candidate,” Ramos replied, adding, “I don’t know how you define profile, but I’d like to begin the interview.”
“The way I describe profile is you talk about all the things that I’ve done, things I want to do, and along with some tough questions. But not only tough questions,” Becerra said.
Ramos thought the beginning of the interview was so strange she played it on KTLA’s broadcast, telling the anchors, “Honestly, I was caught off guard. … To have it start this way before I had even asked a question. I mean, it’s about asking some of the hard questions sometimes but allowing our viewers to get to know each candidate. And so that is why not just myself but our editors and executive producers here at KTLA decided to include that portion in this piece.”
