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.