But if we don’t take the threat seriously, then I think we’re all in really bad shape.” The New York Times Editorial Board Member Mara Gay found herself the center of a growing controversy Tuesday after she claimed to be disturbed by seeing dozens of American flags on Long Island, New York. Because, you know, the Trump voters who are not going to get on board with democracy, they’re a minority. I think there’s a large percentage of Americans, even some of my colleagues in journalism, who are invested in some way in pretending that this isn’t the threat that it is. “What really is concerning to me as well is, it’s not just Democrats in Congress. “And so until we’re ready to have that conversation, this is going to continue,” Gay continued. A car with Trump flags drives on the highway as part of a pro-Trump rally on Octoin Ronkonkoma, New York. “I saw, you know, dozens and dozens of pickup trucks with expletives against Joe Biden on the back of them, Trump flags, and in some cases, just dozens of American flags, which is also just disturbing, because essentially the message was clear: It was, ‘This is my country. MSNBC contributor Mara Gay said Tuesday that she was disturbed to see dozens of American flags flown by Donald Trump supporters during a weekend trip to Long Island, New York. NYTimes Communications (NYTimesPR) June 8, 2021. The attacks on her today are ill-informed and grounded in bad-faith. Her argument was that Trump and many of his supporters have politicized the American flag. “I was on Long Island this weekend, visiting a really dear friend, and I was really disturbed,” Gay, who is also an MSNBC analyst, said. New York Times editorial board member Mara Gays comments on MSNBC have been irresponsibly taken out of context. The Times staffer said on MSNBC Tuesday she was angered when she saw “dozens of American flags” on trucks and argued that we need to “separate America from whiteness.” During an appearance on MSNBC last week, New York Times editorial board member Mara. New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay's comments on MSNBC have been irresponsibly taken out of context. Fox News pundit Marie Harf on Sunday lashed out at her colleagues in conservative media after they criticized a Black journalist for complaining about the way former President Donald Trumps fans police the use of the American flag.