You’ve got to be Kimmel-in me.

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Monday pulled out of an ABC campaign town hall, blaming it on the network’s decision to suspend comedian Jimmy Kimmel – and asked to reschedule multiple hours after the late-night host was reinstated.

“I am withdrawing not as an indictment of the local affiliate or the hardworking journalists there, but rather in response to the corporate leaders who have put their bottom line ahead of their responsibility and upholding the freedom of the press,” Mamdani said at a news conference on Monday before the network announced the show would come back. 4

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Mamdani’s protest led political insiders to jawbone that the increasingly debate-shy socialist had seized upon a “convenient excuse” to no-show.

“He’s clearly d

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