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Rooftop Revelations: Democrat and community organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier's past remarks reveal how anti-American sentiment has taken root on the left

By Corey Brooks Fox News

Published June 30, 2026 10:00am EDT

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I was scrolling on X the other day when I came across a post from Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Democrat and community organizer running for Congress in New York's 13th District. If she wins in November, she plans to abolish ICE, and she has been endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. She declared that "Hate has no place Uptown and in the Bronx" and that there is "no room for the hateful politics of the past." Sounds reasonable enough.

Then something interesting happened. Filmmaker Eli Steele quote-posted her, highlighting the contradiction in the words above with previous comments by the would-be U.S. representative.

This is the same candidate who previously called the United States a "f---ing disgrace" and declared "ALL PIGS EVERYWHERE ARE HARAM" — meaning all police are impure, enemies of the people. Now she wants to wrap herself in the language of unity and anti-hate?

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The hypocrisy is obvious. What troubled me more were the replies cheering her on. Pastor Ben Dixon: "America is a disgrace.... what is the controversy?" Javier Soriano went further: "The United States of America has been a 'f---ing........

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