Mamdani-backed NY House candidate puppets Putins talking points on Ukraine war

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new controversial candidate for the US House race, repeatedly played dumb when pressed on her prior comments, accusing US of bullying Russia in the Ukraine war — parroting a talking point from Putin.“I’m not sure about the context of those tweets where they are coming from,” Darializa Avila Chevalier coyly said through a scowl to a Post reporter.The reporter repeatedly followed up with the far-left hopeful — even reading portions of her own posts — but the US House candidate had no answer, forcing her staffers to cut off the back-and-forth.Avila Chevalier, whose past social posts have dominating her fledging run for office, repeated the Russian leaders talking point back in 2022.

“Cause the Cold War ended and we’ve been bullying Russia ever since,”  a then-28-year-old Chevalier debated with another user who asked why the US was “involved” in the conflict.“Also war is lucrative for these sociopaths,” she added.A Politico reporter posted after Avila Chevalier’s exchange with reporters on Friday that she had been provided with the online missives on Thursday, saying she “definitely had time to review the context.”Her campaign refused to comment on who she was referring to with the phrase “these sociopaths.”The primary for New York’s 13th Congressional seat was largely out of mind for most in New York City until Mamdani made the shock endorsement of his fellow democratic socialist last week.Avila Chevalier is challenging incumbent Rep.

Adriano Espaillat, who is endorsed by Gov.Kathy Hochul....