Mamdani-backed House hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier called for abolition of prisons, claimed ‘Israel doesn’t exist’

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Jun 02, 2026 · 742 words · By Chris Nesi; Craig McCarthy

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Mamdani-backed House hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier called for abolition of prisons, claimed ‘Israel doesn’t exist’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Mamdani-backed House hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier called for abolition of prisons, claimed ‘Israel doesn’t exist’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleFar-left New York congressional hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier called for the seizure of property from landlords and the abolition of police and prisons in more unhinged social media posts — in which she also rejected the…

Common ground

Adriano Espaillat in New York’s 13th Congressional District primary later this month, has been endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani despite a series of offensive messages that include calling Joe Biden a “rapist” and “war criminal” during the 2020 presidential…

Perspective signals

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

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eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Name Calling / Labeling 90% confidence

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Appeal to Anger 80% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “describing interracial relationships involving white females as “fetishizing ugly colonizer women.””

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Multiple web search results report that she posted about men of color 'fetishizing ugly colonizer women' in 2019.

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web search NEUTRAL — interracial relationships involving white females as “fetishizing ugly colonizer women.” A smiling woman with curly hair and white hexagonal glasses holds up a newspaper with the headline.
https://dnyuz.com/2026/06/02/mamdani-backed-house-hopeful-da…

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web search NEUTRAL — Darializa Avila Chevalier, 32, posted to Twitter, now X, in 2019 had her uploads brought back to light as she campaigns to represent Harlem’s 13th Congressional District. Chevalier allegedly criticize…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15852011/darializa-av…

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web search NEUTRAL — Darializa Avila Chevalier blasted Black and Arab men for “fetishizing ugly colonizer women,” in a Feb. 2019 X post.Darializa Avila Chevalier, a former organizing lead for Mayor Mamdani’s campaign, has…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/us-news/darializa-avila-cheval…

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Claim 2: “called out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for voting “present” on Israeli military funding”

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Claim 3: “claimed ‘Israel doesn’t exist’”

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While web search results show a question was posed to her regarding whether Israel has the right to exist, the provided evidence does not contain her actual answer or a confirmation that she stated it does not exist.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Darializa Avila Chevalier (born December 3, 1993) is an American politician and left-wing activist. A progressive Democrat and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, she is the Democratic n…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darializa_Avila_Chevalier

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for United States Congressional seats 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 congressional distr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…

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

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Claim 4: “calling Joe Biden a “rapist” and “war criminal” during the 2020 presidential election”

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Reported by NY Post, Wikipedia, and TNND that she referred to Joe Biden as a 'rapist' and 'war criminal' in 2020.

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web search NEUTRAL — ... criminal justice system and deportation. Contents. 1 Early life ... Avila Chevalier criticized mainstream Democrats, calling Joe Biden "a rapist" in 2020 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darializa_Avila_Chevalier

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

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 15, 2026 · In 2020, she called Joe Biden a "rapist" and a "war criminal. She hasn't apologized for those, either: she just says that she has "grown ...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4413847518903244

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Claim 5: “accusing them [US service members] of committing “war crimes” and mocked the high frequency of homelessness among vets returning from war”

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Claim 6: “called for the US defense budget to be cut to $0”

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Claim 7: “Darializa Avila Chevalier called for abolition of prisons”

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Multiple independent sources, including Flipboard and TNND (via web search), report that Chevalier's deleted Twitter account contained posts supporting the abolition of prisons.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adriano de Jesús Espaillat Rodríguez (born September 27, 1954) is a Dominican-American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 13th congressional district since 2017. He is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriano_Espaillat

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Claim 8: “In another deleted post from 2019, Chevalier urged “Seize the means of production,””

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Claim 9: “Chevalier, now 32”

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Claim 10: “Chevalier reposted a message calling for the nationalization of hospitals, utilities and pharmaceutical companies; suspending rent and mortgage payments; dismantling insurance companies and “seiz[ing] all properties from landlords,””

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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 11: “accused socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of promoting “liberal Zionism””

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Claim 12: “Darializa Avila Chevalier called for the seizure of property from landlords”

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Multiple sources, including Flipboard and other web search results, report that she called for seizing private property from landlords.

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Claim 13: “Chevalier, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat in New York’s 13th Congressional District primary”

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Confirmed by Wikipedia, NY Post, and other news reports that she challenged incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat in the NY-13 Democratic primary and won.

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Claim 14: “called for... the abolition of police”

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Corroborated by Flipboard and TNND, which explicitly state she posted calls for the abolition of police.

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Claim 15: “referring to the US as a “f—ing disgrace,””

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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of general biographical info from Wikipedia and NYT but does not contain the specific quote referring to the US as a 'f---ing disgrace'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Darializa Avila Chevalier[a] (born December 3, 1993) is an American politician and left-wing activist. A progressive Democrat and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, she is the Democrati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darializa_Avila_Chevalier

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Darializa Avila Chevalier (born 1993/1994) [1] is an American politician and activist. [2] She is a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darializa_Avila_Chevalier

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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · Darializa Avila Chevalier, 32, who stunned the Democratic political establishment by upsetting Representative Adriano Espaillat, is a relative political newcomer who emerged from the worl…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/nyregion/who-is-darializa…

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Claim 16: “posts, all from between 2018 and 2022 on her since-deleted X account and dug up by CNN via the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm that CNN specifically used the Wayback Machine to retrieve these posts.

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Claim 17: “has been endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani”

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Multiple independent cross-references from NY Post and Flipboard confirm that Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed her.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday threw his support behind a far-left candidate... Darializa Avila Chevalier
https://nypost.com/2026/05/29/us-news/mamdani-backs-dsa-endo…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s endorsement of DSA comrade Darializa Avila Chevalier
https://nypost.com/2026/05/29/us-news/mamdani-backed-dsa-cha…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Mamdani shockingly boosted fellow DSA-er Darializa Avila Chevalier against longtime Manhattan Rep. Adriano Espaillat
https://nypost.com/2026/05/29/us-news/aoc-endorses-lefty-ny-…

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