"Up next, two Republicans say Muslims don't belong here after an attempted terror attack against New York's mayor, Zohran Mamdani. And the House speaker, Mike Johnson, says nothing, really, to condemn those comments."
"Authorities have since revealed that Balat and Kayumi were inspired by ISIS and confirmed that the right-wing protesters were their target."
"I want to correct something I said last night. The bombs thrown in New York City over the weekend by ISIS inspired attackers was thrown into a crowd of anti-Muslim protestors and not specifically targeted at Mayor Mamdani. That wording was inaccurate and I didn't catch it ahead of time. I apologize for the error."
CNN host Abby Phillip made an inaccurate statement during Tuesday's NewsNight broadcast, claiming that a terror attack in New York City was targeted at Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The actual incident involved ISIS-inspired attackers Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi throwing an improvised explosive device at far-right protesters gathered outside Gracie Mansion who were demonstrating against Mamdani and what they characterized as an Islamic takeover of New York City. Counter-protesters confronted the far-right group, and the attack was directed at these anti-Muslim protesters, not the mayor. Phillip acknowledged the error on Wednesday morning via social media, apologizing for the inaccurate wording and stating she failed to catch the mistake before broadcast.
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