"Democratic mayoral nominee and Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani will announce Monday that he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of the network suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show last week, amNewYork has learned. Mamdani, his campaign exclusively told amNewYork ahead of the announcement, is making the move in defense of freedom of speech rights, which he says are under attack by President Trump."
"We simply cannot accept any capitulation to Donald Trump's attacks on our fundamental freedoms, Mamdani said. Now is the time for leadership that fights back with action, and collectively, we must use every tool at our disposal to send a message to Washington and corporate powers alike: our freedom to speech is not a bargaining chip. Mamdani, a democratic socialist Assembly member, will reveal the news during a 10:45 a.m. Monday news conference at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt Island."
Zohran Mamdani cancelled a televised WABC News town hall scheduled for Sept. 25 after WABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show following FCC threats over Kimmel's comments about the assassination of conservative figure Charlie Kirk. Mamdani framed the cancellation as a defense of freedom of speech rights that he says are under attack by President Trump. He will announce the decision at a 10:45 a.m. Monday news conference at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt Island, chosen to honor Roosevelt's 1941 Four Freedoms including freedom of speech. Mamdani is a Democratic mayoral nominee, Assembly member, and democratic socialist frontrunner in the Nov. 4 general election.
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