NY-13: Manhattan DSA candidate for Congress draws scrutiny over resurfaced posts criticizing U.S. military
Controversial social media posts by socialist Congressional contender for Manhattan, Darializa Avila Chevalier, that criticized U.S. service members have resurfaced.
Avila Chevalier, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) who was endorsed last week by Mayor Zohran Mamdani for New York Congressional District 13 in Upper Manhattan, insinuated the U.S. military is guilty of war crimes and not worthy of funding, according to 2020 to 2022 posts on social media that have since been deleted, at least superficially.
A message she posted in 2022 on X (then Twitter) appears to mock service members, describing their work as committing “war crimes.”
“Just a lil 4 years of imperialism,” the candidate for Congress wrote. “You may even get a free trip to Europe soon. Might as well. If you make it back, get the cardboard box they give vets as a reward for war crimes and chill after that.”
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"Controversial" social media posts by socialist Congressional contender for Manhattan, Darializa Avila Chevalier, that criticized U.S. service members have resurfaced.
Avila Chevalier, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) who was endorsed last week by Mayor Zohran Mamdani for New York Congressional District 13 in Upper Manhattan, insinuated the U.S. military is guilty of war crimes and not worthy of funding, according to 2020 to 2022 posts on social media that have since been deleted, at least superficially.
A message she posted in 2022 on X (then Twitter) appears to mock service members, describing their "work" as committing war crimes.
“Just a lil 4 years of imperialism,” the candidate for Congress wrote. “You may even get a free trip to Europe soon. Might as well. If you make it back, get the cardboard box they give vets as a reward for war crimes and chill after that.”