Zohran Mamdani is taking a bold stand—and it’s sending ripples through New York City’s mayoral race.

On Monday, the Democratic frontrunner announced that he would withdraw from a local ABC town hall scheduled for Thursday, as first reported by amNewYork. Mamdani said he made the decision to stand up for free speech, responding to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from the network.

“ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air after the FCC sought to pressure them,” Mamdani said during a news conference at Roosevelt Island’s Four Freedoms State Park, which honors President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 speech that named freedom of speech as a cornerstone of democracy.

Later on Monday, Disney reportedly announced that it would be ending Kimmel’s suspension at ABC.

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