Zohran Mamdani Pulls Out of ABC Event in Solidarity With Jimmy Kimmel: 'We Cannot Normalize These Kinds of Acts'

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdnai backed out of a town hall planned for Thursday with the city's local ABC station over the Disney-owned network's suspension of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. "ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air after the FCC sought to pressure them," Mamdani told amNY. "The message that it sends to each and every American across this country is a message the First Amendment is no longer a right that can be counted on, but rather that it is government which will determine what should and should not be discussed, what can and cannot be spoken. And we . . .