Conservatives keep falling for the far-left’s charm offensive. First it was Donald Trump, beaming up at a stoic-looking Zohran Mamdani, then the newly elected mayor of New York City, at a White House visit that confounded Fox News and Mamdani’s opponents alike — even contributing to a Republican dropping out of the gubernatorial race against Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Last week it was Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the winner of a hard-fought Michigan Senate primary, charming the socks off of Jesse Watters, the impish Fox News primetime host who took on the epidemiologist in a combative but also almost jovial interview where the two sparred on a wide range of topics and aimed sharp jabs at each other — but with a seeming bro-code respect.
