The frontrunner to become New York City’s next mayor is dropping out of a pre-planned media appearance in protest of what he deemed to be the hosting company acquiescing to President Donald Trump’s attacks on free speech.

On Monday, Zohran Mamdani announced that he has withdrawn from a town hall event with WABC, a local affiliate of ABC News, that had been scheduled to take place on Thursday, Sept. 25.

“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 press,” said Mamdani.

The action was in response to ABC’s decision to indefinitely suspend “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following remarks the host made about the ki

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