New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is standing firmly behind his fellow democratic socialist and candidate for U.S.Congress Darializa Avila Chevalier, despite vile deleted social media posts that recently resurfaced.Avila Chevalier, 32, a longtime community organizer who led the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, slammed the United States, the Democratic Party, private property, police, borders and called to nationalize large swaths of the private sector in the now-deleted posts from 2018 to 2022.She is running a heated race to oust five-term incumbent Rep.
Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., in the state's 13th congressional district, which encompasses Upper Manhattan and parts of the west Bronx.Darializa Auila-Chevalier, Jewel Cadet, Rossanna Mercedes, Alexis Yeboah-Kodie and Jamilah Felix participate in a rally advocating the removal of the statue of Dr.J.
Marion Sims in Manhattan, New York, on Aug.19, 2017.
(Howard Simmons/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)In a 2021 repost, Avila Chevalier said that abolishing borders, prisons and police is "possible, necessary, and the only moral way forward," and later echoed posts that said "all deportation is wrong" and, "Yes, literally abolish the border," according to one report.NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZOHRAN MAMDANI DEFENDS PAST TWEETS, SAYS CUOMO ATTACKING ‘MYTHICAL VERSION’ OF HIM"This country is a f-----g disgrace," she said in a post."I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me," she reportedly said in yet another.New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends the 2025 New York City Pride March on June 29, 2025 in New York City.(Noam Galai/Getty Images)She reportedly called former President Joe Biden a "rapist" and "war criminal," chastised Sen.
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for his "liberal Zionism," and said "F--k Kamala Harris."NYC VOTERS FLOCK TO SOCIALIST-STYLE FREEBIES AS MAMDANI PUSHES RENT FREEZES, CITY-RUN STORESDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, Avila Chevalier demanded ...