CNN anchor Abby Phillip issued an apology after she stirred a major controversy as she suggested that the ISIS-inspired attack in New York City last Saturday was an attack against socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani. "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," Phillip said. The two Republicans, mentioned by Philip, were Andy Ogles and Randy Fine.
Investigators said the attack was targeted at anti-Islam protesters outside Mamdani's Gracie Mansion. Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, were charged with material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and use of a weapon of mass destruction. Both of them are US citizens.
