NY-13: Mamdani stands by Avila Chevalier; fellow endorsee Lander keeps his distance

[RandySF]

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday that he had not seen resurfaced social media posts from Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier before endorsing her, but he continued to support her campaign and said her views had evolved.

Mamdani addressed the controversy during a news conference in Manhattan, where a reporter asked whether the deleted posts had concerned him or affected his decision to endorse Avila Chevalier’s Democratic primary challenge against Rep. Adriano Espaillat.

“No, I had not seen those tweets,” Mamdani said. “What I’ve heard from her, and what I know a lot of others in the district have heard from her, is that her views have evolved.”

Avila Chevalier, 32, is a Democratic Socialists of America-backed organizer running against Espaillat in New York’s 13th Congressional District, which covers parts of Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Espaillat, 71, has represented the district since 2017 and serves as chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.


https://www.amny.com/politics/ny-13-mamdani-stands-by-avila-chevalier/

[RandySF]

1. IF Chevalier loses, this will not be the reason.

Chevalier's downfall would be the reported scarcity of Spanish-language campaign material from her side.

[Cha]

3. Thanks!

[Cha]

2. So what did the deleted posts say?

Am I missing something?

TY! Good luck to Rep. Adriano Espaillat.

[rogue emissary]

6. She tweeted No Nuance to add F$%& Kamala Harris and she'd never vote for a rapist like Biden/

Went after black and Arab men for fetishizing ugly colonizers. (Her words)

I'm sure she'll win, especially since she insulted Black men.

So no big drama.

[Cha]

7. So she was part of the so called Dems

who wouldn't vote for VP Kamala Harris, and we ended up with the fucking PEDO again.

I hope she loses.

[rogue emissary]

8. yep. It's probably why Mamdani continues to support her.

[Cha]

10. Yeah, be great if she Lost.

Karma came calling.

[rogue emissary]

11. 100%

[Sympthsical]

9. I'd never heard of this person

Glancing around.

Avila Chevalier, in a series of messages, called Joe Biden a “rapist” and “war criminal” during the 2020 presidential election, referred to the U.S. as a “f**king disgrace,” talked about wiping her dirty hands on the American flag, and described interracial relationships involving white females as “fetishizing ugly colonizer women.”

Makes the Platner in-fighting look like a walk in the park, doesn't it.

[Cha]

4. I'm back and looked it up... Avila Chevalier

participated in the Oct 8, 2023 Times Square Celebration that was "pro Hamas."

Darializa Avila Chevalier, a candidate for Congress in New York City, has defended participating in an anti-Israel, pro-Hamas rally on October 8, 2023, the day after the Hamas onslaught in Israel, an event that saw participants celebrate the high number of Israeli fatalities in the worst terror attack in the Jewish state’s history.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/mamdani-backed-congress-candidate-defends-joining-oct-8-rally-celebrating-hamas-atrocities/

[DavidDvorkin]

5. She's evolved, huh?

Time will tell.