Ex-Mamdani campaign lead running for Congress has history of racist remarks against white women

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · May 23, 2026 · 635 words · By David Spector

Candidate Character Assassination Political Extremism Anti-Semitism/Racism

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Ex-Mamdani campaign lead running for Congress has history of racist remarks against white women See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Topics 3

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What happened

Ex-Mamdani campaign lead running for Congress has history of racist remarks against white women See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleA Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed congressional candidate has a history of publicly making racist remarks against white women, once ridiculing them as “ugly colonizer women.” Darializa Avila Chevalier, a former…

Common ground

“Black men [handshake emoji] Arab men fetishizing ugly colonizer women,” the post stated.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Smears: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Chevalier... is running on a platform calling for the abolishment of Immigration Customs Enforcement and ending U.S. military support for Israel?
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Name Calling / Labeling 85% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Chevalier... is running on a platform calling for the abolishment of Immigration Customs Enforcement and ending U.S. military support for Israel”

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Claim 2: “Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Queens, headed by radical Sheikh Fadhel Al-Sahlani, who has denied the Holocaust and praised Hamas’ barbaric Oct. 7, 2023 attacks”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 3: “Darializa Avila Chevalier, a former organizing lead for Mayor Mamdani’s campaign in Upper Manhattan and The Bronx”

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While web results confirm Darializa Avila Chevalier is a grassroots organizer and candidate, none of the provided evidence explicitly mentions her being an 'organizing lead for Mayor Mamdani’s campaign in Upper Manhattan and The Bronx'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in New York will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 26 U.S. representatives from the State of New York, one from each of the state's 26…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York City Democratic Socialists of America (NYC-DSA) is the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. It is the largest chapter of the organization, with more than 14,000 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Democratic_Socia…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 16, 2026 ... SUNRISE NYC PROUDLY ENDORSES US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DARIALIZA AVILA CHEVALIER FOR CONGRESS (NY-13) + HOUSING FOR ALL + ABOLISH ICE + ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DXNBmRuluyX/

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Claim 4: “[The federal government] should create government-run agricultural cooperatives to tackle awful labor and environmental practices, as well as the immense food waste in our system,” she told The DSA.”

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The evidence mentions her as a grassroots organizer fighting mass incarceration, but does not contain the specific quote regarding government-run agricultural cooperatives.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 21, 2026 ... Darializa Avila Chevalier has spent years as a grassroots organizer fighting mass incarceration, opposing ICE detention, organizing for ...
https://www.facebook.com/jacobinmag/posts/darializa-avila-ch…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 24, 2026 ... Community members from diverse political backgrounds are joining us because in Southern Arizona “It's too hot and TEP bills are too damn high!”"
https://www.instagram.com/p/DXhpxaaGRvX/

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 19, 2026 ... The most profitable sector of the private prison business is immigration detention facilities. Private companies like GEO Group bring in an ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXUcvj-Bptj/

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Claim 5: “Darializa Avila Chevalier... is running in the Democratic primary against incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat to represent Harlem’s 13th Congressional District”

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Multiple independent sources (City & State New York, Good Judgment, and other progressive news reports) confirm that Darializa Avila Chevalier is running in the Democratic primary against incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat for NY-13.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, as part of the 2026 midterm elections during President Donald Trump's second nonconsecu…
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Claim 6: “District 13, which encompasses Harlem, Washington Heights and parts of the Bronx, is 24% black, 17% white and over 50% Hispanic according to the most recently available US Census data.”

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The evidence provided includes general links to census.gov and Wikipedia pages about NY districts, but does not provide the specific demographic percentages (24% black, 17% white, 50% Hispanic) for District 13.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The U.S. state of New York contains 26 congressional districts. Each district elects one member of the United States House of Representatives to represent it. The state was redistricted in 2022, foll…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural h…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they …
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Claim 7: “The political newcomer outraised her opponent $270,000 to $230,000 in the first quarter of the year, Federal Election Commission records show.”

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Claim 8: “Chevalier also helped lead the “tentefada” encampments on the school grounds... which led to a Trump administration lawsuit against the university that resulted in a historic $221 million settlement.”

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No evidence was provided for this claim.

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Claim 9: “The aspiring congresswoman is a former anti-Israel activist at Columbia University from 2012-2016, where she worked with the now-suspended group Students for Justice in Palestine and started the movement to divest from Israel, she told the DSA.”

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Multiple sources confirm she was a student activist at Columbia University, involved with Students for Justice in Palestine, and graduated in 2016.

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web search NEUTRAL — Avila Chevalier cut her teeth as a student activist at Columbia University, where she was involved with Students for Justice in Palestine.Your campaign frames you as an anti-machine insurgent. Can you…
https://jacobin.com/2026/01/avila-chevalier-harlem-bronx-soc…

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web search NEUTRAL — Darializa Avila Chevalier, a former Columbia encampment organizer, says her opponent in NY-13 is “bought by the Israeli lobby.” Darializa Kat Cam Jamaal.
https://www.jta.org/2026/05/01/ny/these-progressives-lost-th…

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web search NEUTRAL — (Columbia University did not respond to a request for comment.) Avila Chevalier, who graduated from Columbia in 2016, was among the first students to be featured on Canary Mission, a database that des…
https://gnnhd.tv/news/34451/columbia-university-has-a-doxxin…

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Claim 10: ““Black men [handshake emoji] Arab men fetishizing ugly colonizer women,” the post stated. [Feb. 2019 post on Twitter, now X]”

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The provided web search results for this claim are completely irrelevant (discussing United Airlines flights), and no evidence was found to confirm or deny the specific Twitter post from February 2019.

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Claim 11: “Chevalier claimed she converted to Islam three years ago at a March 6 speech at the Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Queens”

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No evidence was provided for this claim.

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Claim 12: “The lefty firebrand committed to abolishing prisons, and legalizing prostitution and the private consumption of all drugs, according to her DSA candidate questionnaire.”

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The provided evidence mentions her as a pro-Palestine activist and community organizer, but does not explicitly quote the DSA questionnaire regarding the abolition of prisons or legalization of prostitution and drugs. This information is not corroborated across the provided sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — Darializa Avila Chevalier is a pro-Palestine activist and public defense investigator who is running against the uptown power broker.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/04/dsa-targetin…

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web search NEUTRAL — Darializa Avila Chevalier, a community organizer in Manhattan, is challenging Rep.Avila Chevalier told Salon that her campaign for Congress would focus on a “housing for all” message, and that, if ele…
https://www.salon.com/2025/11/20/always-put-the-people-first…

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web search NEUTRAL — That candidate, Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Harlem-based organizer, received the group’s first endorsement in New York City for the 2026 midterms, and its fifth in a new crop of progressive challenge…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/justice-democrat…

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Claim 13: ““I held the door on an old white lady at Popeyes… Her: is that a BDS shirt? Me: Yes... Door closed before I could find out what they do” she wrote on X in Sept. 2019.”

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The provided evidence discusses her background as a doctoral student and organizer but does not contain the specific text or reference to the September 2019 X post regarding the incident at Popeyes.

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