MARA Gay is a left-wing member of The New York Times editorial board.
She caused controversy on social media in 2021 after she reported what she had seen out of Long Island, New York, in an interview with MSNBC panelists.
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Who is Mara Gay?
Gay's New York Times editorial focuses on New York state and local affairs.
Before coming to The Times in 2018, she was a City Hall reporter at The Wall Street Journal, covering Mayors Bill de Blasio and Michael Bloomberg.
Gay has also worked for the New York Daily News, The Atlantic, and The Daily.
She has a degree in political science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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She is a New York City native and resides in Brooklyn.
Why is Mara Gay trending?
On April 4, 2023, Gay wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times titled New York Already Knows a Lot About Donald Trump.
The Morning Joe Twitter account, @Morning_Joe, tweeted the link to the article on April 10.
Gay then retweeted the link to share with her 131.1K followers on her page, @MaraGay.
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On Friday, August 12, 2022, Mara Gay appeared on an episode of Morning Joe to discuss the latest in politics.
Viewers quickly took to social media to share their thoughts on her opinions.
Gay also began trending in 2021 after saying she was "disturbed" to see "dozens of American flags" flown byDonald Trumpsupporters during a weekend trip to Long Island.
She reported that she had also seen trucks with "expletives" against President Biden plastered on their sides.
She described that the flag-flying Trump supporters were suggesting: "This is my country … not your country. I own this.
"The reality is here that we have a large percentage of the American population — I don't know how big it is, but we have tens of millions of Trump voters who continue to believe that their rights as citizens are under threat by simple virtue of having to share the democracy with others," Gay told MSNBC host,Mika Brzezinski.
"I think that as long as they see Americanness as the same as one with Whiteness, this is going to continue," Gay said, commenting that "Whiteness" and "Americanness" need to be separated.
"Because, you know, the Trump voters who are not going to get on board with democracy, they're a minority."
She continued: "You can marginalize them, long-term.
"But if we don't take the threat seriously, then I think we're all in really bad shape."
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What did people say on Twitter about Mara Gay?
People have taken to Twitter to express their political opinions in response to Gay's sentiments.
In response to the tweet about Gay's April 2023 article, one Twitter user said: "I’m not sure Republicans do justice. Didn’t Bill Barr spend years using his office to shield Trump from accountability. The fact MTG & Bill Barr are comfortable sitting down w/journalists' for a chat, tells you everything you need to know about how we got here."
Another wrote: "Awesome reporting! Thank you."
In 2022, fans of Morning Joe took to social media to discuss Mara Gay's appearance on the show.
One user wrote: "@MaraGay please stop calling #GOP # MAGA' far right' when you mean FASCISTS."
They continued: "'Far right' mitigates the imminent threat the @GOP is to not just America but the world.
"We are literally 2 yrs away from cattle cars & death camps if Republicans ever get in the WH again. Not joking."
In 2021, Twitter users also discussed Mara across the social media platform.
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"Like, Mara Gay, when I see a display of hyper-patriotism I have come to associate it with racism. I can't imagine why!" one user said at the time.
One criticized her, writing: "@MaraGay, you know what's disturbing? It's you, and your opinions which you can share in @MSNBC."
