Mamdani-backed congressional candidate deleted posts calling to seize private property, abolish police, borders, prisons
Archived tweets show calls to abolish police and prisons, as the 13th District primary becomes a proxy fight over the Democratic Party's leftward shift.
- Last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed Darializa Avila Chevalier, a 32-year-old congressional candidate now facing scrutiny after deleting thousands of social media posts from her @darializabonet account between 2018 and 2022.
- Content from the deleted account includes calls to "abolish the border" and "abolish" police, while Avila Chevalier insinuated the United States military commits "war crimes" and advocated cutting defense spending to 0%.
- Archived content features profanity-laced critiques of the NYPD, reposts calling military volunteers "child murderers," and declarations that "ALL PIGS EVERYWHERE ARE HARAM," an Arabic term used in Islam for forbidden.
- Avila Chevalier told CNN the posts "did not reflect who she is today," while accusing incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat of trying to "distract from issues facing the district."
- With the June 23 primary approaching, the race has become a proxy battle between the Democratic Party establishment and its ascendant democratic-socialist wing, with District 13 voters deciding the seat Espaillat has held since 2017.
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Mamdani-backed hopeful wants a world without borders—and apparently without Israel
Darializa Avila Chevalier has earned the endorsement of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, but her previous social media posts could leave voters concerned. Reports indicate that Chevalier previously deleted a Twitter account that contained controversial political takes, including “expressing support for abolishing police, prisons and borders, as well as seizing private property and nationalizing major industries and calling into question Israel’s right …
Mamdani-Backed Candidate Deletes Controversial Posts
A socialist candidate for Congress endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has deleted posts expounding radical positions, according to a new report. Darializa Avila Chevalier, an affiliate of the Democratic Socialists of America, is challenging Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., for the party’s nomination in the Empire State’s 13th Congressional District, alleging he is excessively moderate and tied to pro-Israel lobbying groups. On Monday,…
Mamdani-backed House hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier called for ‘world without borders,’ claimed ‘Israel doesn’t exist’
Far-left New York congressional hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier called for the seizure of property from landlords and the abolition of police and prisons in more unhinged social media posts — in which she also rejected the existence of the state of Israel. Chevalier, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat in New York’s 13th Congressional...
Mamdani-backed House candidate has inflammatory past and extremist reading list
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s favored candidate to topple Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) has a history of extremist sentiments — with commentary assailing Israel, interracial relationships, “white liberals” and the U.S. flag and military. Inflammatory posts by Darializa Avila Chevalier, that have received coverage in the New York Post, Politico, and AM New York, include: lambasting Black and Arab men for “fetishizing ugly colonizer women,”…
Mamdani-backed congressional candidate deleted posts calling to seize private property, abolish police, borders, prisons
Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist congressional candidate endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, deleted a previous Twitter account that included thousands of posts and reposts expressing support for abolishing police, prisons and borders, as well as seizing private property and nationalizing major industries and calling into question Israel’s right to exist.
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