CNN anchor Abby Phillip has issued an apology after sparking a major controversy after she suggested that the ISIS-inspired attack in New York City last Saturday was an attack against socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. “After the attempted terrorist attack against New York Mayor Zoharan Mamdani, two Republicans say Muslims don’t belong here and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson doesn’t actually say anything to condemn those comments,” Phillips said. The two Republicans mentioned by Phillips were Andy Ogles and Randy Fine. Investigators said the attack was targeted at anti-Islam protesters outside Mamdani’s Gracie Mansion. Amir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Qayoumi, 19, were charged with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction. Both of them are American citizens. Philip issued a correction, saying, “I want to correct what I said last night. The bombs thrown into New York City over the weekend by ISIS-inspired attackers were thrown into a crowd of anti-Muslim protesters and were not specifically targeted at Mayor Mamdani. Those words were misspelled and I did not catch it ahead of time. I apologize for the error.” CNN was put in a difficult position regarding the NYC attack as they had to remove a social media post that described the attackers as ‘teenagers’ enjoying the NYC weather. The now-deleted post read, “Two teens from Pennsylvania arrived in New York City on Saturday morning for a typical day enjoying the city during unusually warm weather.” “But in less than an hour, their lives will change drastically as the pair will be arrested for throwing a homemade bomb during an anti-Muslim protest outside the home of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. This is what we know so far.”CNN issued a clarification and said the post was removed because it failed to reflect the seriousness of the incident. CNN said, “A post about two men arrested for throwing homemade bombs outside the home of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani failed to reflect the seriousness of the incident, violating the editorial standards required by all of our reporting. So it has been removed.”