CNN host Abby Phillip delivers an on-air correction after falsely claiming an ISIS-inspired bombing attempt in New York City specifically targeted Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Far-left host Abby Phillip was caught red-handed spreading a massive lie this week, forced into a humiliating on-air correction after she shamelessly lied about an Islamist terror attack in New York City.
In a desperate attempt to smear House Republicans, Phillip claimed that an ISIS-linked bombing was targeted at NYC’s socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the chaos unfolded on Saturday when 18-year-old Amir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Nick, launched homemade bombs during an anti-Islam protest organized by former January 6 political prisoner Jake Lang, who was pardoned by President Trump last year.
According to the New York Post, authorities said the homemade device was constructed using sports drink bottles packed with triacetone triperoxide (TATP)—a highly unstable explosive widely favored by terrorists and often referred to as the “Mother of Satan.”
Federal authorities are digging deeper, revealing that these aren’t just misguided kids; they’re part of a broader network with alarming links to foreign radicals.
Following the attack, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) responded with an extremely provocative comment that infuriated the left: Muslims do not belong in the United States.
“Muslims don’t belong in American society,” Ogles wrote on X. “Pluralism is a lie.”
Muslims don’t belong in American society.
Pluralism is a lie.
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) March 9, 2026
This remark came less than one month after Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) set the Internet on fire with his comments toward a Muslim leftist who called for banning dogs as indoor pets.
“If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one,” Fine wrote.
If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.
— Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) February 15, 2026
Phillip seemingly saw an opportunity to smear Fine and Ogles while insinuating they were partly to blame for the terror attack. And she did so by outright lying about Muslim NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani being the target.
“Two Republicans say Muslims don’t belong here after an attempted terror attack on New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani. And the House Speaker, Mike Johnson, says nothing to really condemn these comments,” Phillip said to her dwindling audience.
WATCH:
CNN’s Abby Phillip claims that the attempted NYC bombing was “an attempted terror attack against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.”
The suspects were two Muslim terrorists who pledged allegiance to ISIS and were targeting anti-Islam protesters. pic.twitter.com/xtGIirLPb3
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 11, 2026
After getting blasted on X, Phillip frantically tried to do damage control on X. She corrected the despicable lie but said her wording was merely ‘inaccurate’ and an ‘error.’
“I want to correct something I said last night,” Phillip wrote. “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.”
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…
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) March 11, 2026
Was it really a misreport, or did she deliberately twist the facts on purpose?
Then she was forced to retract it live on air.
“But first, this morning, I issued a correction first thing in the morning on X for a mistake that I made in last night’s show, but I also wanted to do so on air as well. I incorrectly said that the bombs that were thrown by ISIS-inspired suspects in New York over the weekend were directed at Mayor Mamdani. They were not. I failed to catch and correct that mistake in real-time, and I take full responsibility for that. While we do make mistakes, it is important to acknowledge and correct those errors when they happen.”
WATCH:
IT’S OFFICIAL: CNN’s Abby Phillip was FORCED to issue an on-air correction after she claimed the Muslim bombers in NYC targeted Mayor Mamdani, not Christians
This would NOT have happened without X!
Thank you Elon!
pic.twitter.com/X6jj6SMIrS
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 12, 2026
Classic CNN. A “hack” host like Abby Phillip doesn’t just “misspeak” when it comes to smearing conservatives and shielding radical Islamists, she pushes a narrative until she gets caught red-handed.
The attack wasn’t some random act against the socialist mayor; it was ISIS-inspired thugs targeting Americans brave enough to protest the Islamic takeover of New York City right outside Mamdani’s own mansion.
Yet Phillip couldn’t resist framing it as an attack on the mayor to score cheap political points against Republicans. Only after the backlash did she scramble to “correct” it while still downplaying the Islamist motive and the real victims, the anti-Islam protesters.
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