New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Monday announced he would pull out of a town hall held by a local ABC station following the national network's decision to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether Kimmel’s reinstatement, announced by ABC later in the day, would cause the Democrat to reverse his decision.

Mamdani said he canceled his appearance at the upcoming town hall after ABC pulled Kimmel's show off the air due to backlash over the host's comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

"I am withdrawing not as an indictment of the local affiliate or the hardworking journalists, but rather in response to the corporate leaders who have put their bottom line ahead of their responsibility in upholding the freedom of the

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