New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Monday announced he is pulling out of a town hall held by a local ABC station following the national network’s decision to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Mamdani said he canceled his appearance at the upcoming town hall after ABC pulled Kimmel’s show off the air following backlash over the host’s comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, said he had been scheduled to attend a town hall on Thursday organized by WABC-TV, a local affiliate of ABC, but would now not go to the event. Republican President Donald Trump, who has called Kirk a “great American hero,” has applauded the suspension of Kimmel. Kimmel’s suspension has prompted debate about free speech and government censorship.