Politics & Government
Zohran Mamdani Cancels ABC Town Hall Over Jimmy Kimmel Suspension
Mamdani made the announcement Monday morning, hours before the Walt Disney Company said Kimmel would return to air on Tuesday.
NEW YORK CITY — Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani announced on Monday that he would not participate in an upcoming town hall with WABC News this week after the network suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show last week.
Mamdani made the announcement Monday morning, hours before the Walt Disney Company said Kimmel would return to air on Tuesday.
“I am withdrawing not as an indictment of the local affiliate or the hardworking journalists there, but rather in response to the corporate leaders who have put their bottom line ahead of their responsibility and upholding the freedom of the press,” Mamdani said at a press conference.
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AMNY first reported Mamdani's decision on Monday.
Kimmel was taken off the air last week over comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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The ABC town hall was scheduled for Thursday.
Mamdani plans to reschedule the town hall on another station, a spokesperson told the New York Post.
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