Avila Chevalier Faces Scrutiny Over 2018-2022 Deleted Posts in June 23 NY Primary
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 14
Avila Chevalier Faces Scrutiny Over 2018-2022 Deleted Posts in June 23 NY Primary
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 14
Summary
Darializa Avila Chevalier is under renewed scrutiny in New York’s June 23 Democratic primary after deleted social media posts resurfaced during her challenge to Representative Adriano Espaillat.
Posts from 2018 through 2022 show the democratic socialist using profane attacks on establishment Democrats, questioning the pandemic’s origins and criticizing interracial relationships.
The controversy has sharpened one of New York City’s most contentious House races, with Avila Chevalier backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani in an Upper Manhattan and Bronx district.
The flare-up reflects a broader pattern in which millennial candidates’ old online posts from the George Floyd protests, Covid lockdowns and 2020 election era are now being weaponized in campaigns.