New York Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani will announce Monday he is pulling out of a televised town hall with WABC News, citing ABC’s suspension of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show amid alleged pressure from the Trump administration.
Mamdani’s campaign reportedly said the decision is meant as a stand for free speech, which he says is under attack following threats from the Federal Communications Commission over Kimmel’s comments about the Sept. 10 assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk.
“We simply cannot accept any capitulation to Donald Trump’s attacks on our fundamental freedoms,” Mamdani said in a statement.
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