An infamous former New York Times columnist and current Harvard University fellow was left red-faced earlier this week after trying to defend Muslim Marxist Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s alleged ties to terrorists.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, El-Sayed recently appeared on Meet the Press and was asked if he or anyone in his family has connections to the Muslim Brotherhood. His answer was a flat no.
But NBC News later engaged in actual journalism and confronted El-Sayed about tweets from his sister and other family members that appear to suggest a family connection to the organization.
El-Sayed did not appreciate the line of questions.
On Thursday’s edition of CNN Newsnight, Charles Blow, a Langston Hughes Fellow at Harvard University and former opinion columnist for The New York Times, got into a spat with conservative attorney May Mailman while trying to defend El-Sayed over the reported terror ties.
But he quickly made a major mistake when he demanded that Mailman disown President Trump while trying to defend El-Sayed’s comments on NBC.
Mailman responded by easily swatting the effort aside with just one simple question: Is Trump’s parent a terrorist?
This caused some of the panelists to erupt in laughter, which annoyed Blow.
WATCH:
Insane: Charles Blow on CNN NewsNight defends Abdul El-Sayed’s ties to terrorists and terrorism. https://t.co/sELtuH646A
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) October 16, 2026
BLOW: Involvement with any type of connection to a terrorist group is a problem. Is that what you’re saying?
MAILMAN: I do think if your parent is a terrorist, that is a problem.
BLOW: What, uh, that’s not what he’s saying. But, so, are you know about to disown Donald Trump and condemn him?
MAILMAN: Is his parent a terrorist?
(laughter)
BLOW (turning his head): Oh, you laugh…
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