NYT editorial board member says it's 'silly' for journalists to hold Harris and Trump equally accountable

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New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay said it's "a little silly" for journalists to hold Vice President Kamala Harris to the same standards as former President Trump.

Gay was a guest on Thursday’s "Morning Joe" where the eponymous MSNBC host bemoaned the "sacrosanct" wall between editorials and news when it comes to the presidential candidates, adding how absurd it was to believe there was a "moral equivalency" between criticizing Trump and Harris.

Gay agreed the "choice is obvious" between the two, suggesting there needs to be a different standard applied to Trump.

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"I think the challenge, not just for journalists, but really for the country, is that not only is Donald Trump a threat, but, you know, it lowers the bar. So I don’t think it’s unacceptable. And I think it’s important for our role as journalists to really push every candidate for office," Gay said.

"And there are plenty of things that we could hear from the vice president that we’d love to hear more about policy speeches," she continued. "It’d be great to see her take more questions from the press. Those things are important.

"It’s just the context is difficult because of the extremism of the Republican Party, because of how extreme Donald Trump is, it’s hard to hold both candidates accountable