Hateful Mamdani-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier echoed Putin by blaming ‘bullying’ US for Russian invading Ukraine

Nypost · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · Jun 05, 2026 · 537 words · By Craig McCarthy; Anna Young

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Hateful Mamdani-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier echoed Putin by blaming ‘bullying’ US for Russian invading Ukraine See more of our coverage in your search results.

Claims checked 16

Techniques found 3

Topics 3

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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Center75%

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What happened

Hateful Mamdani-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier echoed Putin by blaming ‘bullying’ US for Russian invading Ukraine See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleFar-left congressional hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier – already under fire over a slew of unhinged social media rants – castigated the US over Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine in a since-deleted post in which she echoed…

Common ground

Chevalier, endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani against incumbent Rep.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Guilt by Association: 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 Follwoing the Knicks’ 105-95 win over the San Antonio Spurs, an ad highlighting Mamdani’s endorsements of Chevalier, former city Comptroller Brad Lander and state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez in House primaries aired on WABC-TV?
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/06/05/us-news/mamdani-backed-house-hopeful-darializa-avi…

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Name Calling / Labeling 90% confidence

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Why it matters: Recognizing name calling / labeling helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Guilt by Association 85% confidence

Discrediting an idea by linking it to a disliked group or person.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Follwoing the Knicks’ 105-95 win over the San Antonio Spurs, an ad highlighting Mamdani’s endorsements of Chevalier, former city Comptroller Brad Lander and state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez in House primaries aired on WABC-TV.”

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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 2: “made the eyebrow-raising claim on Feb. 23, 2022... “Cause the Cold War ended and we’ve been bullying Russia ever since,” Chevalier, then 28, raged”

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Web search results provide the exact quote: 'Cause the Cold War ended, and we’ve been bullying Russia ever since,' attributed to Avila Chevalier in a deleted post from 2022.

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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election 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 congressional districts. The elections will coincide with ot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Darializa Avila Chevalier (born 1993 or 1994), also known as DAC, is an American political candidate and community organizer. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darializa_Avila_Chevalier

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Claim 3: “described interracial relationships involving white females as “fetishizing ugly colonizer women.”

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The claim is cited in the cross-reference from NY Post, but no other independent source in the provided evidence corroborates this specific quote.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — describing interracial relationships involving white females as “fetishizing ugly colonizer women.”
https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/mamdani-backed-house-h…

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Claim 4: “who hopes to represent Upper Manhattan and the West Bronx by winning the June 23 primary”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm she is the Democratic nominee for New York's 13th congressional district (which covers Upper Manhattan and West Bronx) and was involved in a primary election.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Claire Marie Valdez (born October 12, 1989) is an American politician who has served as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 37th district since 2025, representing part of the Borough of Qu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Valdez

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Claim 5: “referring to the US as a “f—ing disgrace.””

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The specific phrase 'f—ing disgrace' is not explicitly quoted in the provided evidence snippets, although other offensive posts are mentioned.

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web search NEUTRAL — Darializa Avila Chevalier (born 1993 or 1994), [1] also known as DAC, [2][3] is an American political candidate and community organizer. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darializa_Avila_Chevalier

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 24, 2026 · I n the months leading up to New York’s primary election, the 32-year-old political newcomer Darializa Avila Chevalier faced a barrage of negative ads. Super Pacs supporting her opponen…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/24/darializa-av…

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web search NEUTRAL — Darializa is a working-class Dominican New Yorker who has been organizing in upper Manhattan for a fairer, more equitable, and more affordable New York City since she was a teenager.
https://www.darializaforcongress.com/about

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Claim 6: “rejected the existence of the state of Israel... In August 2020... the reply “Trick question — Israel doesn’t exist!””

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Claim 7: “Chevalier has been endorsed by Mamdani despite a series of offensive unearthed social media posts that include calling Joe Biden a “rapist” and “war criminal” during the 2020 presidential election”

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Multiple independent web sources (WCIV and CNN) confirm that Avila Chevalier called Joe Biden a 'rapist' and 'war criminal' in social media posts.

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web search NEUTRAL — ... rapist ... When Astead Herndon asked her about the deportation of people convicted of breaking US criminal law, she responded that she opposed it, saying:.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darializa_Avila_Chevalier

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... Avila Chevalier, in a series of messages, called Joe Biden a “rapist” and “war criminal” during the 2020 presidential election, referred to the ...
https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/mamdani-backed-house-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 29, 2026 ... Sadie Hadaway she called Biden a war criminal and a rapist ,Obama evil and said Fk Kamala I kind of like her being that she spoke the truth ...
https://www.facebook.com/cnn/photos/darializa-avila-chevalie…

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Claim 8: “the pair spotted Game 1 of the NBA Finals together.”

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Claim 9: “Chevalier, endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani against incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat”

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Web search results explicitly state that Darializa Avila Chevalier won the backing of Mayor Zohran Mamdani in her bid to unseat Representative Adriano Espaillat.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bradford Scott Lander (born July 8, 1969) is an American politician and urban planner who is the Democratic party nominee for New York's 10th congressional district, having defeated incumbent represen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Lander

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

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Claim 10: “In April 2021, Putin raged in a Moscow speech: “Some countries have developed a nasty habit of bullying Russian for any reason or without any reason at all.””

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The provided evidence for Putin's speeches does not include the specific quote from April 2021 regarding 'bullying Russian for any reason'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The family of Vladimir Putin, president of Russia who has served in office from 2000 to 2008 and since 2012, comes from the Russian peasantry. Spiridon Putin (1879–1965) was a cook in Gorky (now known…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Vladimir_Putin

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Opposition to the government of President Vladimir Putin in Russia, commonly referred to as the Russian opposition, can be divided between the parliamentary opposition parties in the State Duma and th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_Vladimir_Putin_i…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin

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Claim 11: “The exchange was first reported by Politico and is still available on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.”

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While the content of the posts is corroborated, the specific claim that Politico was the first to report it and that it is on the Wayback Machine is not explicitly confirmed by the provided evidence snippets, though the general reporting is present.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... Far-left New York congressional hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier – already under fire over a slew of unhinged resurfaced social media rants ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/05/us-news/mamdani-backed-house-h…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 1, 2026 ... Dusan Pavlovic I agree that the US cannot replicate that model with our demographics. But considering the quality of our present discourse, ...
https://www.facebook.com/TheOther98/posts/darializa-avila-ch…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 9, 2025 ... In a statement on Truth Social, President Trump said that Tsurkov was “safely in the American Embassy in Iraq.” Tap the link in our bio for the ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DOZkvWREhys/

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Claim 12: “Espaillat argued on WNYC Radio Thursday that his rival’s posts are the only record the public has on her.”

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Claim 13: “Chevalier – a former worker on Hizzoner’s mayoral campaign – called for the seizure of property from landlords and the abolition of police and prisons”

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Claim 14: “Darializa Avila Chevalier – already under fire over a slew of unhinged social media rants – castigated the US over Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine in a since-deleted post”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Darializa Avila Chevalier posted a since-deleted post blaming the US for Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anti-Haitian sentiment (Spanish: Antihaitianismo; French: L'anti-haïtianisme) is prejudice or social discrimination against Haitians in the Dominican Republic. Anti-Haitian sentiment includes prejudic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Haitian_sentiment_in_the_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hasan Doğan Piker (born July 25, 1991), often referred to mononymously as Hasan, or HasanAbi, is an American Twitch streamer, influencer, and left-wing political commentator. His livestreams usually i…
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Claim 15: “Chevalier also lashed out at US service members in a sickening 2022 post, accusing them of committing “war crimes” and mocking the high level of homelessness among war veterans.”

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Claim 16: “She also gleefully posted about wiping her dirty hands on the American flag”

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Cross-references from NY Post confirm the specific post from 2019 where she stated she wiped her hand on the American flag.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — “I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me,” she posted online in 2019 along with a smiling face emoji.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/mamdani-launches-dem-c…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — “I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me,” she posted online in 2019 along with a smiling face emoji in a now-deleted tweet.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/29/us-news/mamdani-backs-dsa-endo…

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