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New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani announced on Monday that he is withdrawing from an upcoming WABC town hall to protest Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.

The town hall, hosted by ABC News' New York affiliate, was scheduled for Thursday, one week after a Disney spokesperson told Fox News Digital , "Jimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely."

"It is not the government's job to bully talk show hosts off of the air," Mamdani told reporters on New York City's Roosevelt Island on Monday. "It is not the government's job to tell us what we can and cannot talk about."

The White House fired back against Mamdani's "authoritarian" accusations on Monday. "It’s not surprising that the Little Communist is too sca

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